ANAHEIM, Calif. - Defenseman Stephane Robidas' biography in the Stars' media guide will need to be updated.

Entering this season, it listed Robidas' career high in goals as one, accomplished 18 times. Not any more.

Robidas' two goals led a power-play assault against the Anaheim Ducks and helped Marty Turco get career win No. 200 in a 4-2 victory Friday night at the Honda Center.

The Stars went 3-for-5 on the power play, accounting for the margin of victory.

The win gave the Stars (36-21-5) a six-point lead over the defending Stanley Cup champion Ducks in the Pacific Division and snapped Anaheim's five-game winning streak.

The Stars were acutely aware of the game's importance, especially given their loss Thursday in Phoenix and Anaheim's surge since the return of Teemu Selanne from retirement.

"It was a big bounce-back game," Mike Modano said. "Last [Thursday] night was pretty lackluster. This was pretty solid.

"It's a hostile place, the crowd seems to feed on it and they play well at home. You don't want to waste energy getting caught up in everything. You want to do things quick, you want to be smart and make the right plays."

The win gave the Stars momentum heading into Sunday's showdown with Western Conference leader Detroit, which has lost five straight.

Both of Robidas' goals came in the second period on power plays from nearly the same spot between the circles. On the first, Robidas beat Anaheim's Jean-Sebastien Giguere cleanly over the glove with Jere Lehtinen obscuring the goalie's vision. On the second, Robidas got a huge assist from a Brenden Morrow screen at the net.

"We've got guys who are willing to pay the price and go to the front of the net," Robidas said.

It was the first time that Robidas had scored two goals in a game since his days with the Frankfurt Lions of the German Elite League during the 2004-05 lockout season. His last hat trick came during his junior days in Quebec.

Robidas did more than produce goals. He played a team-high 23:20, while contributing four hits and two blocked shots. Turco gave Robidas credit for preventing at least three or four prime scoring chances with plays around the net.

His role has increased significantly since injuries to defensemen Sergei Zubov and Philippe Boucher. Even though Robidas has played 469 NHL games, he said he sometimes feels a little star-struck playing the point on the power play with a future Hall-of-Famer like Modano.

"He's a pretty versatile guy," Modano said. "I think he's just been a guy who has been lost in the shuffle like a fourth, fifth or sixth defenseman. Now he's stepped up and performed well for us in all situations."

Turco then kept the Ducks at bay in the third period, despite Anaheim pressure.

Early in the game, Turco fought the puck. After he committed a turnover behind his net in the first period, Jussi Jokinen had to throw himself into the crease to block the open net.

Turco didn't become the Stars' starting goaltender until he was 27, before the start of the 2002-03 season. He says he has no regrets; he feels he wasn't ready to be a starter earlier.

"I think milestones such as this are really hard to reflect on until my dog days are over," Turco said. "Then I'll probably appreciate it a little bit more. It does feel good, no doubt, to see two-zero-zero besides your name. But I'm a guy who wants a lot more."

Mike Ribeiro added a goal and two assists.

"It was kind of like a playoff game," Ribeiro said.

The game turned nasty early, which might have been predictable given the stakes and the accumulated animosity between the teams.

After Corey Perry separated Stars rookie Matt Niskanen from the puck and fed Chris Kunitz for the game's first score, things escalated. As usual, the Stars' Steve Ott played the role of lightning rod.

His jarring but clean hit on Perry brought immediate retaliation from Kunitz, who received 19 minutes of penalties for his fight with Ott, including an instigator penalty and a 10-minute misconduct.

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The Dallas Stars' Jere Lehtinen advances with the Anaheim Ducks' Rob Niedermayer in close pursuit.

Later, Mathieu Schneider took dead aim at Ott, bloodying his nose with an elbow.

The attempt to send a message backfired when Anaheim's Samuel Pahlsson followed with a roughing penalty seconds later.

"He's stirring the pot, that's for sure," Robidas said of Ott. "And he's good at it."

The Stars converted the ensuing 5-on-3 power play when Ribeiro scored from the right circle.

Robidas' second goal, which gave the Stars a 3-1 lead just before the end of the second period, also came on a 5-on-3 after cross-checking penalties to Travis Moen and Francois Beauchemin.

"We've got to have better discipline in those areas," Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said. "We lost the specialty teams battle, and that was the difference in the hockey game."

Kunitz scored his second goal 11:18 into the third period, but the Stars' managed to hang on during a white-knuckle final few minutes.

Ott delivered the clinching empty-net goal with 17.6 seconds remaining.