Stars 4, Devils 3
Red-hot Tyler Seguin scored a goal and set up another as host Dallas won for only the second time in seven games.
Jason Spezza matched Seguin with a goal and an assist while defenseman Trevor Daley and Shawn Horcoff scored 1:57 apart late in the second period as the Stars improved to 5-1-1 in their last seven at home. Antoine Roussel collected a pair of assists and Kari Lehtonen turned aside 28 shots.
Defensemen Jon Merrill and Eric Gelinas scored for skidding New Jersey, which also got a late tally from Scott Gomez in absorbing its ninth defeat in 11 games (2-6-3). Cory Schneider stopped 29-of-33 shots over two periods before being replaced by Keith Kincaid, who made three saves in the third.
Seguin scored for the fifth time during his four-game goal-scoring streak on a one-timer from the slot 14 1/2 minutes into the contest and Spezza knocked home the rebound of his wraparound attempt 2 1/2 minutes later. Merrill cut the deficit in half during a power play with a shot from the left faceoff circle at 4:26 of the second and Gelinas tied it 3:20 later with a wrist shot through a screen from the left point.
Dallas went ahead to stay with 5:05 left in the session on Daley's one-timer from the right faceoff dot and Horcoff doubled the lead just under two minutes later, finishing a 3-on-2 rush by stuffing a feed from Vernon Fiddler between Schneider's pads. The Devils dominated the final 20 minutes and got within 4-3 on Gomez's rebound goal with 67 seconds remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Seguin boosted his league-leading total to 23 goals with his 11th tally in 11 games. ... Horcoff's 173rd tally came on the 14th anniversary of his first career goal, which he scored against Dallas as a member of the Edmonton Oilers. ... Devils leading goal scorer Mike Cammalleri, in his second game back after missing two due to a lower-body injury, went to the dressing room early in the second period and did not return.