For the first time in nearly a month, the Dallas Stars played a home game in front of their fans at the American Airlines Center.

Dallas did not disappoint in their return to home ice as they dominated the LA Kings 6-2, marking a triumphant return.

Logan Stankoven was the big winner of the night as he found the back of the net twice in the same week he was a healthy scratch.

“[Stankoven] was due,” Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. “He works so hard, and he’s ridden the roller coaster that a lot of young players in this league ride of confidence. He stuck with it. I thought tonight, he hung around the net and both of his goals were kind of stopping inside. L.A. probably defends that area better than any team in the League, so the fact that he was in there and found some pucks was great for him and great for us.”

Jason Robertson opened the scoring at 4:21 of the first period as he was in the right place at the right time to bury home a rebound off a Thomas Harley backhand.

Warren Foegele tied the game at 6:44, but that would be as close as Los Angeles got the rest of the night.

Matt Duchene got the lead back late in the first as he tipped home a shot on the power play to make it 2-1.

Stankoven scored the first of his two goals at 14:11 as he buried a rebound on a nifty move to double the Dallas lead.

Early in the second, Wyatt Johnston deflected home a shot to make it 4-1 and secure the Stars’ second power-play goal of the night.

With the score at 4-2, the Stars put things away with two third-period goals early on in the frame.

Stankoven secured his second of the game on a wraparound at the 4:06 mark, and Sam Steel found himself on a shorthanded breakaway and buried home a backhand shot.

“I don’t remember my last breakaway, so I got a little bit more juice there,” Steel said. “It was nice to see nothing in front of me. Kind of an errant pass and I kind of picked my head up and didn’t really feel any pressure anywhere. Had some time to make a move, nice to get one.”

Dallas will be back in action tomorrow night when they take on the Blues from the AAC on Sunday night.