Recapping last night's action including some big nights for Duchene, Iginla, Eberle, Drouin and more…

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The Dallas Stars pulled off something most teams don't do against the Devils, the Stars outshot them. Of course, they also pulled off something everybody does against the Devils, beating them in a shootout.

I thought that the Stars played a really nice game. Ales Hemsky was flying. He landed eight SOG but came up empty once again. He's got just one assist so far this season. Performances like this make you feels like it is only a matter of time before Hemsky has a big game. Of course, it's probably also only a matter of time before he's on the IR. Seems like he's borrowing some of his borrowed time.

And really, the opportunity isn't necessarily there for him right now. The Stars have gotten away from the four-forward power play unit, which has left Hemsky skating with the likes of Vernon Fiddler and Curtis McKenzie both at even strength and on the power play. Can't say I'm optimistic about Hemsky until there are some line changes.

The Stars have been happy to put all their eggs into one awesome basket. Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza make for one lethal line. The beauty is that this allows Seguin to move back to the wing and spares Benn from having to do so much work on faceoffs. These guys remind me of the Senators' top line in their heyday with Spezza centering a pre-mummified Dany Heatley and a peak Daniel Alfredsson. Fun to watch for sure. The clicked for a power play score in this one. Expect to see more of that.

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The Stars probably should have run away with this game but Cory Schneider played a really strong game turning aside 35 of 37 shots, including a late breakaway by Erik Cole, where left John Merrill in his dust. I knew Cole used to have wheels but I didn't no he still had them. Merrill is no slouch but he looked like Vinny Lecavalier skating in quicksand rather than the young, mobile defender he is.

The Devils lose this one in regulation if not for a great effort by Patrik Elias late in this one, with one of the most desperate, creative and lucky assists you'll ever see as he swipes the puck with his hand off the goaltender, through the crease and onto Damian Brunner's stick. Tie game.

Brunner has been very active since joining the Devils' lineup. In three games Brunner has three points including that goal above, his first of the season. He landed six SOG.

I'm not much of a believer in Brunner's game but he does add some speed and shooting that this aging group can certainly use. I'd leave him on the wire in anything but the deepest of leagues.

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Vintage Ondrej Pavelec is back! He allowed four goals on 18 shots to get yanked after two periods. That drags his save percentage under the .900 mark at .899%. Don't ever change, Ondrej. We need goalies like you to help remind us that not everyone gets to have a good goalie whether in fantasy or otherwise.

For the first time in a while, the Jets really layed the rubber to the opposing netminder. They landed 42 shots on Ben Bishop and got goals from Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little.

Wheeler landed eight SOG. Michael Frolik, the world's crappiest Ferrari, landed seven SOG but came up empty. I'm sorry to say I own Frolik in one pool. I also own Pavelec in that pool. I hate this team.

The Tobias Enstrom rejuvenation continues. With two assists last night he has six through seven games. No goals yet, though. I'd get more excited but Enstrom started last season with five points through his first seven games and then had just 25 in his next 75. On this team, the offense can dry up at any moment.

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As mentioned, Bishop faced a ton of rubber against the Jets but was up to the challenge making 40 saves. He's answering all the critics who suggested he might not be able to repeat his excellent play from last season. Bishop is a legit top-10 goalie.

Ondrej Palat has been dropped from the top line but last night it didn't matter. He notched a goal and an assist anyway. I'm not as high on Palat if he's a second liner even if he has been reunited with Tyler Johnson on the second line (and second power play unit) and they were joined by Nikita Kucherov who jumped up from the third line.

The winner here is Kucherov who notched three assists and sure looks like a nice short-term pick up while the Lightning deal with injuries to Ryan Callahan and Alex Killorn.

Even bigger winners: Jonathan Drouin and Valtteri Filppula, who get to skate with Steven Stamkos at evens and on the power play. They each notched assists on Stamkos' goal to open the scoring.