DALLAS—Kari Lehtonen recovered from one of his worst games with one of his best.Lehtonen made 23 saves for his 16th NHL shutout, Jamie Benn extended his point streak to nine games with a goal and an assist, and the Dallas Stars beat the Blackhawks 5-0 on Thursday night.Steve Ott, Brenden Morrow, Jason Williams and Brandon Segal added goals for Dallas, which ended a two-game skid.Mike Ribeiro and Brad Richards had two assists each in support of Lehtonen, who has two shutouts in four games.In between, however, Lehtonen allowed four goals in a 6-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks and three in an overtime defeat to the Los Angeles Kings during a critical seven-game homestand.The Hawks dropped to 9-2-2 in their last 13 games, leaving coach Joel Quenneville searching for answers to a flat performance.Lehtonen had a good night, but he also had plenty of help as the Stars blocked 14 shots and were credited with 26 hits.The teams are tied for sixth in the conference at 84 points, although the Stars own the tiebreaker based on a 3-1 record against the Blackhawks this season.Dallas is 5-2-1 against the Hawks the past two seasons.Richards connected with Ott on a long stretch pass, and Ott converted on a breakaway at 17:37 of the first period to stop a 16-game drought.Benn made it 2-0 at 1:01 of the second, scoring his 21st goal with a one-timer from the right circle off a 2-on-1 break with Ribeiro. Benn has eight goals in nine games, the NHL’s longest current point streak.Morrow extended the lead at 3:35 of the second on another one-timer from the right circle.Quenneville then pulled rookie goalie Corey Crawford in favor of former Stars netminder Marty Turco.
Williams gave his team a four-goal advantage at 2:54 of the third when he scored into an open net after intercepting Turco’s attempt at a clearing pass up the right boards. Segal then scored off a rebound with 8:08 left, completing a tough night for the Blackhawks.

NOTES—Dallas forward,and former Hawk Adam Burish (lower body) sat out his third consecutive game….Lehtonen has started 12 straight and played in his 58th game this season. Injuries limited Lehtonen to 58 games over the previous two seasons…..Lehtonen received an assist on Ott’s goal, his franchise-record sixth this season…..Brian Campbell (left leg), C Dave Bolland (concussion), LW Bryan Bickell (illness) and D Jordan Hendry (knee) were out for the Hawks.