Spezza scores in 5th straight, Stars beat Blackhawks 5-2

Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin (91) celebrates a goal from teammate Jason Spezza (not shown) as Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford, left, looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 11, 2016, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp) Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin (91) celebrates a goal from teammate Jason Spezza (not shown) as Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford, left, looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 11, 2016, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp)

By Associated Press March 11, 2016 1 min read

DALLAS (AP) – Jason Spezza scored in his fifth straight game, Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn ended goal-scoring slumps and the Dallas Stars regained the Western Conference lead by beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Friday night.

Dallas improved to 41-20-8 with 90 points, two more than Central Division-rival Chicago and three more than third-place St. Louis. Each team has 13 games remaining.

Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves for the Stars, who are 3-0-1 in their last four games. Antoine Roussel and Ales Hemsky also scored.

Teuvo Teravainen and Tomas Fleischmann scored for Chicago.

Benn’s power-play goal at 10:42 of the second gave Dallas a 4-0 lead. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville then removed Corey Crawford, who had 16 saves. Scott Darling finished with 10 saves. He was pulled for an extra skater with 8:10 to play and returned after Ales Hemsky’s empty-net goal with 4:31 left.