"The United Center boo birds came after Cristobal Huet again Saturday night, and with some reason. The Blackhawks' goaltender let in two bad goals, and they led to a 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars and the end of the Hawks' four-game winning streak before a sellout crowd of 20,424.

This was a game that defied logic, as the Hawks had dominated the Stars last year in winning all four meetings and Dallas arrived in Chicago at 2 a.m. after a deflating 3-0 home loss to Boston. The Stars even went with their backup goaltender, Alex Auld, rather than Marty Turco, a Hawks' nemesis for years.

None of that mattered after Huet was victimized by a weird bounce off the board that resulted in the game-winning goal. Ex-Hawk Stephane Robidas got credit for it after Huet couldn't keep the slow-moving puck in his glove midway through the third period.

Niklas Hjalmarsson's goal brought the Hawks back within one with 4:28 left in the third, but a big shot block by Robidas in the final frantic seconds with the Hawks playing with an extra attacker ended the comeback bid and made Huet the goat again.

He was yanked after allowing three goals on five shots against Calgary on Monday, but the Hawks came back from five goals down to win. Huet was the winner at Nashville on Thursday, but that didn't carry over to Saturday, when his record slipped to 2-2-1.

''It's pretty unfair,'' said captain Jonathan Toews. ''There's way more pressure on him than there should be to keep making big stops. We know he's a key player. We win as a team and lose as a team. Nobody points fingers. It's not only frustrating for him, but it's also frustrating for us to hear those jeers. He's trying so hard. That's all we can ask for.''

''There's not one guy who should take the blame for that loss,'' said defenseman Duncan Keith. ''There were other goals that could have been prevented. That should be the story line.''

But it's not. Huet, as the designated No. 1 goaltender after Nikolai Khabibulin's departure, will inevitably be scrutinized.

The Hawks dominated puck possession for the first 22 minutes, then their play turned shaky. The Stars scored the game's first goal, Brenden Morrow scoring off a rebound after Huet's deflection of Karlis Skrastins' shot sailed high 2:17 into the second period.

Three minutes later it was 2-0 as Mike Ribeiro scored on a rebound after Matt Niskanen put a shot on goal from the blue line. Troy Brouwer's first goal of the season, which came unassisted, put the Hawks on the scoreboard, but Toby Peterson's rocket from behind the right circle caught the upper right corner of the net. Not only did it restore the Stars' two-goal lead but it also started the verbal taunts on Huet. He was cheered sarcastically whenever he touched the puck after that."