SAN JOSE – One day after seeing Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci get traded to the Dallas Stars, an already thinned-out San Jose Sharks team was forced to pick up the pieces Sunday and figure out the best way forward without their leading scorer and arguably their best defensive defenseman.

The Dallas Stars acquired Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for draft picks after placing two players on LTIR.

The Stars took down the Columbus Blue Jackets at American Airlines Center Sunday evening, as Evgenii Dadonov scored two goals in the third period to lift Dallas to a 5-3 victory. But some of the Stars' new and recently returning players to their lineup helped position the team to walk away with its fifth straight win.