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Steve Ott and Loui Eriksson each tallied a goal 3 victory at American Airlines Center.

Michael Ryder added a goal and two assists to go along with goals by Vernon Fiddler, Mike Ribeiro and Jamie Benn. Richard Bachman stopped 34 shots for the Stars, winners of five of their last seven.

Matt Halischuk, Martin Erat and David Legwand notched goals for Nashville, which lost for the second time in three games

Pekka Rinne started in net for the Predators but was pulled near the midpoint of the first period after allowing three goals on seven shots. Anders Lindback replaced him in net and stopped 19-of-21 shots.