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Stars aim to bounce back in home opener

Oct 5, 2007 - 1:43 PM Boston (0-0-0) at Dallas (0-1-0) 8:30 pm EDT

DALLAS (Ticker) -- The Dallas Stars hope some home cooking will do the trick when they host the Boston Bruins on Friday.

In their season opener, goaltender Marty Turco was beaten three times in the second period of Wednesday's 4-3 setback to the Colorado Avalanche.

"We're going to need better goaltending than that," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "To win in this league, you have to commit to winning the 1-on-1 battles and creating space for yourself by skating. We didn't have enough players doing that."

Turco hopes Dallas can repeat its stellar home record from a season ago, going 28-11-2 here. If the 32-year-old veteran is unable to preform well between the pipes, Tippett might call on backup Mike Smith, who impressed during his rookie campaign.

Jussi Jokinen, Niklas Hagman and Jeff Halpern all found the back of the net for Dallas, which is hosting Boston for the first time since October 15, 2003.

Bruins coach Claude Julien looks to make a positive debut after he was let go by the New Jersey Devils prior to the start of the postseason.

Julien will try to improve a club that finished finished last in the Northeast Division and missed the postseason for the second consecutive campaign.

The trio of Marc Savard, Patrice Bergeron and Phil Kessel should provide plenty of offensive fire power for the Bruins, who are winless in their pervious four season openers.