1. Mike Smith, Dallas: Stole two points with 33 saves and a perfect night in the shootout.

2. Rick Nash, Columbus: A goal, and assist, and just a tendency to be in the Stars' face all night.

3. Jussi Jokinen, Dallas (left): Gets the Stars' first goal and then tallies the only goal of the shootout. Sure it's a gimmick, but Jokinen does it as well as anyone.

1st Mike Smith was shaky early in goal and in handling the puck, but he quickly settled down after Rick Nash blazed a wrister off the rush past Smith's stick. Dallas allowed 17 shots on goal, including some point-blank scoring opportunities. However, Smith was up to the task as he shut things down and allowed Jussi Jokinen to tie the game on a tap-in at the edge of the crease off a nice cross-ice feed from Stu Barnes.

Stars 1, Columbus 1

2nd The Stars were again outshot, this time 11-6, and outchanced. The Stars went 0-for-2 on the power play and got no shots on goal in that span. Nashville had four minutes of power play time and tallied five shots on goal. Brad Winchester got in a fight with Jared Boll and Sergei Zubov wrestled Boll after Boll ran over Mike Smith.

Stars 1, Columbus 1

3rd The Stars finally created some offense with nine shots on goal in the first eight minutes of the period, but then Mike Modano took a hooking penalty and put Columbus on the power play. The Blue Jackets got lucky and worked hard as Smith tried a poke check and the puck was pushed past him and hit the post. Then, Columbus' Jiri Novotny dove to poke the rebound in for a 2-1 lead. Dallas tied the game when it pulled the goalie and Brenden Morrow scored from the slot with 1:11 remaining in regulation.

Stars 2, Columbus 2

OT Columbus got two shots on goal to one for the Stars. The Jackets were buzzing around Mike Smith, but didn't really force a great save.

Stars 2, Columbus 2

SO Jussi Jokinen's backhander was the only goal of the shootout. Mike Smith stopped wristers from David Vyborny, Jason Chimera and Rick Nash.

Stars 3, Columbus 2