Dallas, TX (My Sportsbook) - Ed Belfour returns to the city where he spent the last five years of his career on Friday when his new squad, the Toronto Maple Leafs, travel to Dallas to battle the Stars.

After some pondering by head coach Pat Quinn, Belfour will receive the nod this evening.

Belfour appeared in two Stanley Cup finals with the Stars and guided the team to the championship in 1999. The two-time Vezina Trophy winner signed with the Leafs in the offseason when Dallas decided to turn the reigns over to Marty Turco on a full-time basis.

The 37-year-old Belfour played in 307 games for Dallas and posted a 160-95-44 mark with 27 shutouts.

Toronto enters Friday's tilt on the heels of a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.

Alexander Mogilny notched his 16th career hat-trick, and scored the game- winning goal late in the third period to lead the Leafs to victory. Darcy Tucker also scored for Toronto, which is 1-1-1 in its last three.

Belfour stopped 34 shots to run his record to 3-4-2 on the season.

Toronto has been outshot in all four of its wins this season.

Dallas comes into Friday's affair after shutting out the Vancouver Canucks on Dallas comes into Friday's affair after shutting out the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. Mike Modano had two goals and an assist and Marty Turco recorded his seventh career shutout with 26 saves in the triumph.

Turco made nine saves in the first period, eight in the second and nine in the third to post his second shutout of the year.

The Stars, who are outscoring their opponents, 16-6, in the first period this season jumped out to a three-goal lead in the opening stanza and never looked back.

Modano has eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points through the first 14 games this season and is now just five points shy of reaching the 1,000-point plateau.

The Stars are 12-5-2 in the last 19 matchups, but have dropped two of the last three in Dallas. However, the Maple Leafs have dropped six of the last eight in the Stars' home rink.