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CHICAGO -- Scott Darling is getting into a groove. The banged-up Chicago Blackhawks are playing smart and tight in front of him.On Sunday night, it all worked perfectly.Marian Hossa, Artem Anisimov and Artemi Panarin scored to lead the Central Division-leading Blackhawks over the Dallas Stars 3-1.Darling made 23 saves in his fifth straight start while No. 1 goalie Corey Crawford recovers from an appendectomy. Darling has permitted just seven goals during the stretch, but the Blackhawks have scored only nine while going 2-2-1.You get into a rhythm, Darling said. You feel more comfortable. And the guys have been playing great defense the last four games.Coach Joel Quenneville appreciated what he saw from the net on out.Overall, our whole team game, I really liked tonight, Quenneville said. We managed the puck a little bit better and scored some timely goals as well.Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews missed his ninth game and defenseman Brent Seabrook his second with upper-body injuries. That means the Blackhawks dont have as much firepower to throw around -- even if the 37-year-old Hossa scored his team-leading 15th goal and has three in three games.It was definitely a good test of what we can do without key players, Hossa said. Its hard to replace guys like that.Devin Shore scored for Dallas, which lost its second straight and third in four. The Stars struggled to generate much offensive pressure against the Blackhawks on the heels of a 4-2 loss at Philadelphia on Saturday.I think our guys feel a lot of pressure right now with our scoring being down, coach Lindy Ruff said. Last year we could wash some of our mistakes under the carpet. This year, the big mistakes are really standing out.Dallas Kari Lehtonen blocked 24 shots while making his fifth straight start. The scuffling Stars are in sixth place in the Central and 11th in the Western Conference.We put ourselves in a tough spot, but theres no reason we cant turn this around, forward Jamie Benn said. The way were losing is unacceptable.Both Toews and Seabrook took part in the teams morning skate on Sunday, with Toews getting back on the ice for the first time in a week. The center, reportedly dealing with a back injury, said he never has experienced his current condition before.You almost have to sit around and wait for it to heal and get better, Toews said. Sometimes you feel good and all of a sudden you do some little movements here or there that seem to just fire everything up.Dallas defenseman Jamie Oleksiak sat out the first game of a two-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Flyers forward Chris VandeVelde in the third period of the Stars 4-2 loss at Philadelphia on Saturday.Defenseman Johnny Oduya returned to the Stars lineup after missing 10 games with a lower-body injury and took Oleksiaks place.The teams played a scoreless first with only a handful of chances. Darling made a quick right pad save on Curtis McKenzies point-blank deflection with 6:30 left in the period.Shore opened the scoring at 1:25 of the second, batting in a loose puck to cap an odd-man break and flurry around Chicagos net. After McKenzie deflected Shores feed wide, John Klingberg shoveled the puck in front to Shore, who connected from the doorstep.Hossa tied it at 1 just 52 seconds later on a drive from left wing that trickled under Lehtonens blocker.Anisimov knocked in a rebound of Ryan Hartmans point-blank attempt with 7:30 left in the second for his 12th goal to put Chicago ahead 2-1. After leaving the penalty box and taking a long feed from Trevor van Riemsdyk, Hartman beat defenseman Stephen Johns and cut in alone. Lehtonen stopped Hartmans low shot, but Anisimov swept in and scored before Johns could recover.Panarins power-play goal midway through the third made it 3-1. Positioned low in the left circle, Panarin ripped in his 11th goal from a sharp angle -- and just inside the left post -- after taking a perfect feed from Duncan Keith.Game notes Dallas and former Blackhawks F Patrick Sharp sat out his fifth game with concussion-like symptoms. Ruff said the 34-year-old Sharp is going full bore skating and working out on his own, but theres no timetable for his return. ... Stars D Dan Hamhuis played his 900th game. ... Dallas healthy scratches were D Patrik Nemeth and F Lauri Korpikoski. Chicagos was D Michal Kempny.UP NEXT:Stars: Host Anaheim on Tuesday to start a five-game homestand. Dallas plays eight of its next nine at home.Blackhawks: Head to New York to play the Rangers on Tuesday and Islanders on Thursday. Chicagos three-game road trip concludes at St. Louis on Saturday. Don Zimmer Jersey . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. 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SAN DIEGO -- Padres starter Paul Clemens made his manager laugh Saturday night, then he made him angry.Clemens briefly wore the wrong uniform after getting overzealous with pine tar but still outpitched Jake Thompson in the Philadelphia right-handers major league debut, and San Diego beat the Phillies 9-7 on Saturday night.Clemens began the game with his usual No. 47 but was asked to switch his jersey by the umpires because it had pine tar on it.Before he went up, he put more pine tar on his bat than a lot of guys use in a year, Padres manager Andy Green said. He managed to get it all over his uniform.Clemens switched to No. 91 with Player in the nameplate. He later switched back to his No. 47 before exiting the game after 4 1/3 innings.The snafu got chuckles from teammates, including right-hander Jon Edwards, who taped over the name on his own jersey with Player #2 .That was good for a laugh, Green said.Greens mood soured when Clemens neglected to run out a bunt in the fourth inning. After recording an out in the fifth, Clemens was pulled.To me throwing the bat and not running to first base on a bunt is not going to happen, Green said.Clemens said he was upset that Thompson went up-and-in on him on the pitch.I was thinking more about the pitcher and what he did rather than getting down the line quickly, Clemens said. I was more concerned with what transpired between me and the pitcher more so than the game.Green said he wont fine Clemens but that he had gotten under his skin for other minor things during the game.He made the right decision, Clemens said about Greens disciplinary move. I have the utmost respect for the skipper. I understood it completely.Thompson (0-1) gave up six runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He was a key part of last years trade of Cole Hamels to the Texas Rangers.Christian Bethancourt and Yangervis Solarte each had three RBIBuddy Baumann (1-0) relieved Clemens and pitched 1 2/3 innings with three strikeouts to earn the victory.Pinch-hitter Jimmy Paredes hit a two-run homer to highlight a three-run ninth after San Diego went ahead 9-4 in the eighth.The Padres padded their cushionn in the sixth on a two-run single by Solarte, forging ahead 8-3.ddddddddddddonsecutive doubles in the fifth pushed the Padres in front 5-3, with Wil Myers hit driving in Travis Jankowski. Ryan Schimpf added a sacrifice fly for a 6-3 edge.Ryan Howards second extra-base hit, a booming double, brought in Maikel Franco after he opened the fourth with a single, slicing the Padres advantage to 4-2. Howard came around on Freddy Galvis groundout, making it 4-3.Howard smacked his 16th homer in the second inning, a one-out blast traveling 421 feet to pull the Phillies to within 4-1. It was the sixth homer allowed by Clemens in three starts with the Padres.The Padres ambushed Thompson for four first-inning runs as they sent eight batters to the plate for a 4-0 lead.I wasnt nervous, I was kind of amped up, Thompson said. Especially in the first inning I wasnt able to spin the ball for strikes or get fastballs down in the zone.Phillies manager Pete Mackanin saw a youngster trying to do too much.Thompson was overthrowing obviously, he said. He was pumped up, it was his major league debut. Its obvious he has good stuff, but he just lacked command.Jankowski, who scored four runs, extended h