Thursday's Three Stars: Kopitar plays trick and treat

No. 1 star, Anze Kopitar(notes), Los Angeles Kings:The 22-year-old Yugoslavian-born superstar in training had no three-goal games in the first 245 of his NHL career, but Anze Kopitar needed less than half a game on Thursday night to collect his initial hat trick. Kopitar scored a highlight-reel goal at even-strength 3:54 into the game against the Stars. He notched a power-play goal at 7:17 of the second and capped his big night with a backhander past Stars goalie Alex Auld(notes) at 9:55. Kopitar has eight goals, one short of league leaders Alexander Ovechkin and Ilya Kovalchuk(notes), who are tied at nine apiece. The Kings, winners in overtime, are 5-1 this season and 44-22-8 overall when Kopitar (five shots, 22:09 of ice time) scores a goal. No. 2 star, Adrian Aucoin(notes), Phoenix Coyotes:The veteran defenseman became upstart Phoenix's latest hero for the night when his pinpoint wrist shot from the far edge of the right circle caught Chris Osgood(notes) a bit deep in his net...