Stars shine in Spezza's return to the Capital

The Stars shined brightly tonight in Ottawa as the Dallas Stars cruised to a 6-3 victory over the Senators in Jason Spezza’s return to the Capital.

The former Senators captain received a standing ovation by fans after a touching video tribute. Moments later the Stars went to work. Jamie Benn opens the scoring on the power play. Just one minute later Colton Sceviour beats Robin Lehner for a 2-0 lead. Under 4 minutes later, former Senator Ales Hemsky makes it 3-0 on the man advantage.

The Senators come to life late in the period. Mika Zibanejad scores his 12^th goal of the season to trail 3-1. With one and a half minutes left in the period, Senators on the power play, Cody Ceci takes the shot, Bobby Ryan bangs in the rebound to trail 3-2 after one period.

After a scoreless 2^nd period, the Senators tie it up early in the 3^rd period. Alex Chiasson scores his first goal in 17 games making it 3-3.

The Stars regain the lead for good, courtesy of a costly turnover by Mike Hoffman. John Klingberg goes in alone for a 4-3 lead.

The Stars add 2 more goals, both 200 footers into an empty net. They were both shorthanded goals as the Stars win 6-3.

The Senators next host the Phoenix Coyotes Saturday.

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  Dallas Stars' John Klingberg celebrates his game winning goal against the Ottawa Senators with teammates David Schlemko, left, and Cody Eakin during third period NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The Stars defeated the Sens 6-3. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)