"After throwing pretty much everything they had at the Stars early on Tuesday night, the Blackhawks ran out of steam offensively as their goaltending had a rare stumble.

The Hawks hit Dallas with a 21-shot barrage in the first period to grab the lead but mustered only 16 the rest of the way and eventually fell 5-4 in front of a crowd of 18,532 at American Airlines Center. The loss snapped the Hawks' three-game winning streak and prevented them from increasing their league-tying lead of 55 points.

A red-hot Patrick Kane had two goals and Troy Brouwer and Colin Fraser also scored, but it wasn't enough as Hawks goaltender Cristobal Huet yielded four goals on 10 shots. He was replaced by Antti Niemi early in the second following two Stars scores within the first 1 minute 32 seconds.

"It was a tough start to the second," said Fraser, who scored his first goal of the season late in the first to give the Hawks a 3-2 lead. "You have to play 60 minutes. You can't let up. We weren't ready for the start of the second and it cost us. They're a good hockey team. They've had our number twice now.""