1.   Arturs Irbe skated behind his net Wednesday night as the final horn sounded and scooped up a souvenir puck for his collection.

2.   Continually thwarted, the Russian finally set a screen in front of Aubin, over whose shoulder Murray snapped the puck for his third career hat trick.

3.   Defenseman Marcus Ragnarsson, in the right corner of his own zone, flipped the puck out for center Marco Sturm, who took off on a shorthanded breakaway.

4.   Hrkac ended up tipping the puck for his fourth goal of the season.

5.   Kings forward Eddie Olczyk cleared the puck for the Kings.

6.   Kennedy twice fought through scrums along the boards to get possession of the puck for the Stars.

7.   Lanenbrunner said he was trying to dump the puck for a line change at the end of his shift.

8.   Larry Murphy lugs the puck for the Red Wings.

9.   McKay started the play with a pass on the right side to Holik, who dropped the puck for Scott Niedermayer and went to the net.

10.   Murray needed someone gritty who could go into the corners and get the puck for the finesse first unit.