CHICAGO – If Niklas Hagman maintains his current pace, he will finish with 66 goals. But that can't happen, can it?

"Well, let's say that I'll go game by game," Hagman said, not laughing. "Every game I'm going to get a couple of chances, and I'll try to put them in. Being realistic, that's quite a jump from 17 last year. On the other hand, 17 was a big jump."

After taking 399 games to score the first 53 goals of his career, Hagman is making up for lost goals. He scored five in the first five games this season with 50-percent shooting and has generated scoring chances for others.

"His speed creates things," coach Dave Tippett said. "He's around it all the time. We need some other players to step up to the level he's at."

At the very least, Hagman has held up his end of the bargain. The Stars acquired him from Florida for a seventh-round draft pick during the 2006 season. He has been a different player with Dallas. He had never scored more than 10 goals in a season until last season.

Although Florida never counted on him as a goal scorer, Hagman has experience. He scored 28 in 56 games with Karpat Oulu in Finland during the 2000-01 season. He also posted 40 points in 44 games with Davos (Swiss) in 2004-05 and helped Finland reach the finals of the 2004 World Cup.

He has flourished with extra ice time, including on special teams.

"Confidence is a big factor," he said. "When you have confidence, you feel like wherever you are, if you throw it at the net, it could go in. It changes the way you think. I'm trying to think of myself as an all-around player, that I can play on the first line and I can play on the fourth line."

Power play losing steam: After scoring three goals on their first six power-play attempts, the Stars converted just two of their next 17. In Friday's 3-2 loss to Calgary, they couldn't score despite having a two-man advantage for 1:32.

After describing his team's power play as "pretty stagnant," Tippett didn't have to wait long for a revival. Brenden Morrow scored on Dallas' first power play against Chicago, knocking in the rebound of Hagman's shot.

"The killers are good nowadays," Mike Modano said. "Teams really emphasize killing penalties to take away the momentum on the power play."