Two unsung players -- one a veteran journeyman and the other a youngster who has worked his way onto the team and into the lineup -- are playing important supporting roles in the Dallas Stars' point streak.

Dallas is coming off back-to-back defeats that both went beyond regulation but has earned points in six straight games (3-0-3) entering a Tuesday contest against the visiting Edmonton Oilers.

Adam Erne scored Dallas' only goal on Thursday in a 2-1 overtime road loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning -- the team that drafted him in 2013. Justin Hryckowian got his first NHL goal, a power-play tip-in, in the Stars' 4-3 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla.

Erne, 30, is with his fifth organization. He did not play in the NHL last season after undergoing hip surgery,

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