SPORTSCENE

Published Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Blues snap Stars’ win streak

Glen Metropolit and Doug Weight scored in a 17-second span in the second period to help the St. Louis Blues stop the Dallas Stars’ four-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory last night in Dallas.

Lee Stempniak scored two goals, including an empty-netter with 24 seconds left, and Curtis Sanford stopped 28 shots for the Blues, who won three of the four meetings this season.

Mike Ribeiro and Brenden Morrow scored for the Stars, who remain at 102 points, four behind the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks.

First-place Devils fire coach

Claude Julien found out there is no job security with the New Jersey Devils when General Manager Lou Lamoriello feels there is something wrong.

Despite having the Devils in first place in the Atlantic Division with a week to go in the regular season, Julien was fired and replaced on the bench by Lamoriello yesterday.

The stunning move came a day after the Devils beat Boston for their fourth win in five games. It gave Julien a 47-24-8 record in his first season.