The Dallas Stars (22-7-5) defeated the Los Angeles Kings (14-9-9) 4-1 at American Airlines Center on Monday night.
Matt Duchene, Oskar Again, Mikko Rantanen, and Wyatt Johnston scored for the Stars. Casey DeSmith made 27 saves.
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Andrei Kuzmenko scored for the Kings. Darcy Kuemper made 5 saves earlier than exiting within the first interval. Anton Forsberg made 17 saves.
Recreation Recap
The Stars thought they scored the opening purpose within the first interval on a financial institution shot from Johnston from behind the web that went off Kuemper and in, however was dominated no purpose. On the play, Rantanen appeared to run over Kuemper. No penalty was referred to as, however Kuemper left the sport and didn’t return.
Kuzmenko formally opened the scoring at 11:03 on the ability play. DeSmith mishandled the puck on the tip of the crease and Kuzmenko took benefit for his fifth purpose of the season.
Shortly after a Dallas energy play expired, Duchene evened the sport up with a back-door tap-in because of an ideal cross from Rantanen on the half wall.
The Stars gained their first lead of the night time at 6:12 of the third interval. Radek Faksa took a fluttering slap shot from the purpose, and it was Again who had the shoulder-high tip-in for his second of the season.
At 16:11, Rantanen took benefit of a brutal Kings’ giveaway within the Stars’ defensive zone, skated the puck the size of the ice on the proper aspect, minimize across the final defender into the slot, and sniped the puck via the five-hole of Forsberg.
Johnston sealed the 4-1 win with an empty-net purpose at 19:28.
The Kings outshot the Stars 28-26 and went 1-for-3 on the ability play, whereas the Stars went 0-for-2 with the person benefit.
Up Subsequent
The Kings are in Dawn on Wednesday night to take on the Florida Panthers, whereas the Stars will likely be in California on Thursday night to take on the San Jose Sharks.
