Blues hurt Stars' division title hopes

[PJKCards]

DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Stars' plans for an eighth Pacific Division title in the past 10 seasons took a hit courtesy of the St. Louis Blues.

Glen Metropolit and Doug Weight scored in a 17-second span in the second period to help the Blues stop the Stars' four-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory on Monday night.

Lee Stempniak scored two goals, including an empty-netter with 24 seconds left, and Curtis Sanford stopped 28 shots for the Blues, who won three of the four meetings this season.

Mike Ribeiro and Brenden Morrow scored for the Stars, who remain at 102 points, four behind the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks.

Dallas had gone 10-1-1 over its previous 12 games to put the pressure on Anaheim, but the Stars have only three games left to overtake the Ducks.

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