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Stars host Penguins looking to snap skid

Mar 1, 2009 - 7:48 AM Pittsburgh (31-26-6) at Dallas (29-25-7), 3:00 p.m. EST

DALLAS (Ticker) -- The Dallas Stars' current skid is costing them games in the tight Western Conference.

Looking to snap a four-game losing streak, the Stars host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.

Dallas had won 10 of 13 prior to slipping into its swoon, which has them sitting in 11th place in the conference with 65 points. It had been as high as sixth in mid-February.

The Stars are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks and have scored five total goals throughout their dreary stretch.

The Penguins, who have won two in a row and four of five, may be without captain Sidney Crosby for a third straight game.

Nursing a groin injury, Crosby skated for 45 minutes prior to Friday's 5-4 overtime win over Chicago, but still might not feel up to playing in this contest, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

"Turning and cutting, I felt a little better, but it's still there," he told the newspaper. "I can't really open it up and go too hard yet. You want to make sure you're out of the woods as far as it being a nagging thing. It's not an easy thing to judge all the time."