ANA vs DAL

The Stars and Ducks move to Dallas for Game 6 at 9 p.m. ET Sunday.

It will take some extraordinary penalty killing if the Anaheim Ducks continue to hand out power plays at a playoff-leading pace of 6.6 per game, but give the Ducks credit. They are not backing off on their vow to play physically.

In fact, the strategy might have a very strong base in how games are officiated in the playoffs. Officials have been told time and again to call hooking, holding and interference calls, and those calls seem to be made in the playoffs no matter what time of the game. But they are only going to call so many roughing, boarding or cross-checking calls. Those are not the calls that they receive memos on for missing.

So if the Ducks can kill off some early penalties, as they did in Game 5 when Dallas was 0-for-4 on the power play in the fist period, they should be able to continue the physical play. And if they can continue the physical play, that means they can control the puck and force the Stars to chase the game. It's an odd circle, but one that could actually lead to Anaheim getting more power play opportunities when the Stars begin to take hooking and holding calls.

Both teams flew to Dallas from Anaheim on Saturday, and did not practice. Each will participate in the morning skate.

“We're running on adrenalin...I don't think fatigue is even an issue right now,'' said Stars winger Steve Ott after Game 5. “If you play in this division long enough, you get used to travel like this. This is a normal weekend for us. It might be different for New York and New Jersey, but for us, this is par for the course.''

Stars rookie defenseman Mark Fistric, who was playing in only his second playoff game, took an interference call on Chris Kunitz in the slot that led to a Ryan Getzlaf power play goal in the second period of Game 5. Fistric said he felt he made a good defensive play.

“It was a tough call,'' Fistric said. “There was an empty net and I thought I made a good defensive play. I thought I just lifted his stick. Unfortunately, the refs didn't see it that way,''

Quick hits
Stars defenceman Mattias Norstrom scored his first playoff goal in Game 5, his 43rd career playoff game.

Ducks D Sean O'Donnell had his first multi-point game in the playoffs, with a goal and an assist. He now has 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists) in 86 career playoff games.

The Honda Center has been sold out for 77 straight games.