Dallas Stars Daily Links: Ribeiro Comes Through In Stars Win Over Nashville

One of the big topics of conversation in Dallas Stars land recently was that Mike Ribeiro and the rest of his linemates needed to up their offensive production.

Well one winger switch and 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators later, and Ribeiro has answered all of those criticisms.

With two first period goals, including a beauty of a stickhandle that turned a 2-on-2 into a 2-on-1 into a Ribeiro-on-Pekka Rinne, Ribeiro set the tone for the game with high end puck possession.

And when he later took a Trevor Daley shot to the jaw and left the game briefly, it barely seemed to slow him down. He returned in the third period wearing a full cage and blocked a Shea Weber shot in the dying moments, a go-the-extra-mile moment that was indicative of his evening.

And now, for some of the more evocative imagery of the night, I give you Mike Heika.

``I didn't have a headache and I saw them getting all of the power plays in the third, and I wanted to get out there,'' Ribeiro said between spits of blood into a Dixie Cup. ``I'll see the dentist tomorrow, but I really feel fine right now.

Here's Glen Gultzan on Ribeiro's condition:

"He's not as good looking as he was before. He's lost some teeth and he's got some stitches in his mouth. We're just thankful it wasn't a broken jaw or something like that."

Um, ow.

After the jump, more on the Stars win over the Predators, which hockey players to have a beer with and Alex Ovechkin trolls his teammate.