DALLAS - Slippage began to appear in the soaring Anaheim Ducks' game even as their winning streak reached four games. And Friday night, a slipshod first period finished them off . . . and their streak.

Trevor Daley and Jamie Benn turned two penalties by the Ducks' Brad Staubitz into power-play goals and the Dallas Stars used a 20-save effort by goalie Kari Lehtonen to score a 3-1 victory at American Airlines Center.

The Ducks (7-2-1) lost for the first time since Jan. 29 at San Jose. Goalie Jonas Hiller made his first start in three games but lasted only one period as he suffered a lower-body injury and was relieved by Viktor Fasth to start the second.

Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said he believes Hiller isn't seriously hurt. What pained him more was seven minutes of penalties from Staubitz for retaliating against what they felt was a spear by Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas on Corey Perry.

Staubitz was the only one penalized for roughing during a scrum and then got a five-minute major and game misconduct later for spearing Dallas rookie Brenden Dillon. Daley and Benn cashed in each.

"It wasn't a penalty," Boudreau said. "What do you want me to say? Good refs have bad games. Like good hockey players have bad games, good refs have bad games."

Perry was fuming afterward.

"When he sticks his stick up, lifts it up and pulls it, I don't know what you'd call that," he said. "That's spearing to me. You look at Staubitz. It's kind of the same thing.

"I don't know. You've just got to call the first one and all that (stuff) doesn't happen. But they're in their own league tonight, I guess."

Nick Bonino scored the Ducks goal.

Boudreau didn't like his team's overall play in their 3-0 victory over Colorado on Wednesday and it only got worse for about 20 minutes before they got their act together.

"You look back at last game, it wasn't the way we wanted to play either," Perry said. "We came away with the win but we've got to be ready right from the start."

Perry was ready to toss away the ringing defeat and move on to today's game in St. Louis. But Boudreau isn't ready to turn it loose.

"I want them to have a long memory," Boudreau said. "I want them to know that they didn't come ready to play and what happens when you play good hockey clubs and you don't come ready to play."

OLD-TIMER'S DAY

Teemu Selanne isn't the only one ageless wonder who seems to bathe in the fountain of youth.

Jaromir Jagr remains quite the relevant player in today's NHL and is also showing that a future Hall of Fame winger can compete with the youngsters and still dominate on some night.

The NHL's two leading active scorers were on the ice Friday night at American Airlines Center and the amount of respect both have is immeasurable. Neither managed a point in the Stars' 3-1 victory but they're both off to strong starts in this shortened season.

After the 119-day lockout pushed the start date to Jan. 19, Selanne and Jagr showed their prowess on opening night when they each had two goals and two assists in victories.

Ducks defenseman Sheldon Souray marvels at the energy Selanne has every day and simply referred to Jagr as "one of the best players to play the game."

"A lot like Teemu is," Souray continued. "When you see Teemu's commitment to the game, the way he goes out for every optional skate, the way he just commits himself to the team, it's not a surprise that he's doing it.

"And Jagr's the exact same on the other side. We come and we see it and everyone is like in awe of what he's doing. ... You just become a little numb to the fact of what (Teemu's) doing and the passion he has for the game - much the same as Jagr at their age."

Selanne will turn 43 on July 3. Jagr will be 41 next week. They are next to each other on the career goals list. Jagr's 668 are tied for 10th with Luc Robitaille. Selanne is next in 12th with 666.

Jagr is eighth in points with 1,661 while Selanne is 17th with 1,416. Selanne said his goal is not to pass him as the greatest European-born scorer in NHL history and laughs when thinking about the points Jagr would have if he hadn't play three years in the Kontinental Hockey League.

"It's good to see old guys can still do it," Selanne said. "It's fun. I have played against him since juniors and on international teams. It has to been fun to follow his career. He has done so many good things for hockey not only in his home country but in the NHL. We need guys like him."

Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan remembers going to Anaheim to watch Selanne teaming with Paul Kariya as one of the NHL's most dangerous tandems. Years later, Gulutzan says "it seems like nothing's changed."

"He's almost getting better," he said. "He might be a Highlander, that guy. Finnish Highlander. You watch him, he still flies around. He's still one of the fastest, quickest guys.

"His subtleties. The way he scores goals. Doesn't look at the net. Shoots when goalies don't think he's going to shoot. He's got some real neat things to his game."

The Stars also have Ray Whitney, 40, a 1,000-point scorer who is out of the lineup because of a stress fracture in his right foot. Dallas captain Brenden Morrow doesn't see a point when all three will start slowing down.

"I don't see it happening any time soon," Morrow said. "They do it a little differently. Teemu and Ray are kind of the speedsters. You expect them to lose a step but they never do.

"And Jaromir just a big, strong horse out there. You'd think that his body would break down but he does such a great job of preparing, dedicating himself to the sport and staying in shape. They're all still producing. It's fun to see."

Newest Duck

Defenseman Ben Lovejoy made his debut for the Ducks after being acquired from Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. Lovejoy logged 16:20 of ice time and had a team-leading four shots on goal. ... Forward Rickard Rakell and defensemen Sami Vatanen and Jordan Hendry were healthy scratches.