Game Recap

LOS ANGELES 8, DALLAS 0 LOS ANGELES (AP) - After one of the most lopsided victories in franchise history, the Los Angeles Kings promised to treat it just like any of their ugliest losses. They're going to put it behind them as quickly as possible. Luc Robitaille scored twice Tuesday night during an 8-0 route of the Dallas Stars, helping the Kings snap out of an offensive slump during which they scored just once in their previous three games. "When we show our video clips tomorrow, we won't look at any goals -- just the defensive situations and how we stopped them," Kings coach Andy Murray said. "That's what's going to get the wins for us, and that's what we want to focus on." Jamie Storr's 10th career shutout and third this season matched the most lopsided shutout victory in Kings history. They also beat Vancouver by the same score on Feb. 24, 1983, behind Markus Mattsson, and did likewise to Toronto on Jan. 23, 1975, behind Rogie Vachon. Rob Blake capitalized on a two-man advantage with his 17th goal, the most among NHL defensemen. Ziggy Palffy, Jozef Stumpel, Nelson Emerson, Steven Reinprecht and Ian Laperriere also scored for the Kings, helping end their three-game losing streak. The Kings scored on three of their first nine shots against two-time Vezina Trophy winner Ed Belfour, who has lost his last three starts while surrendering 15 goals on 79 shots. He allowed all eight goals Thursday on 36 shots. "We didn't just turn it on," Blake said. "I mean, take a look at the shots we had against Minnesota and Calgary and Minnesota. We had opportunities, but the puck just didn't go in the net for us. Tonight it did, but we didn't play any differently." Los Angeles is 5-1-0 in its last six against Dallas, after going 0-16-6 in the previous 22. It is the first time the Kings beat the injury-riddled Stars three times in the same season since 1990-91, three seasons before the franchise moved to Dallas from Minnesota. "We just have to find a way to get back to the basics and find a way to stay in these games," Mike Modano said following the Stars' worst defeat since leaving the Twin Cities. "When we get behind, we start doubting ourselves as a team, and second-guess our decision making. And that didn't used to be the case before." Just moments before stumpel opened the scoring at 2:20 of the first, Storr robbed Grant Marshall with a diving glove stop for one of his 23 saves. "That was a huge save for us, and that's what we need from Jamie," Laperriere said. "You feed off of that kind of save. It tells us that Jamie is in the game, so you want to work hard for him." LOS ANGELES KINGS 8, Dallas Stars 0 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL --- --- --- ----- Dallas 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 3 3 2 8 FIRST PERIOD - SCORING: 1, Los Angeles, Stumpel 13 (Modry), 2:20. 2, Los Angeles, Palffy 25 (Visnovsky), 11:37. 3, Los Angeles, Emerson 7 (Reinprecht, Grimson), 17:40. PENALTIES: Jackman, Dal (boarding), 3:20; Modry, LA (holding stick), 5:31; Sydor, Dal (interference), 9:42; Blake, LA (holding), 10:42. SECOND PERIOD - SCORING: 4, Los Angeles, Blake 17 (Schneider, Palffy), 4:59 (pp). 5, Los Angeles, Reinprecht 12 (Laperriere, Blake), 11:08. 6, Los Angeles, Robitaille 22 (Murray, Modry), 19:55. PENALTIES: Helenius, Dal (cross-checking), 4:05; Morrow, Dal (boarding), 4:05; Bouck, Dal (roughing), 7:11; Berg, LA (roughing), 7:11; Grimson, LA (goalie interference), 17:58; Belfour, Dal, served by Wright (slashing), 17:58. THIRD PERIOD - SCORING: 7, Los Angeles, Laperriere 6 (Schneider, Robitaille), 9:32. 8, Los Angeles, Robitaille 23, 13:04. PENALTIES: Sloan, Dal (interference), 2:53; Los Angeles bench, served by Grimson (too many men), 3:42. SHOTS ON GOAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- Dallas 7 9 7 23 Los Angeles 9 16 11 36 POWER PLAY: Dallas 0 of 3; Los Angeles 1 of 5. GOALIES: Dallas, Belfour 19-15-4 (36 shots-28 saves). Los Angeles, Storr 17-15-5 (23-23). Referees: Lance Roberts, Brad Watson. Linesmen: Wayne Bonney, Brad Kovachik. A: 15,146 (18,118).