The Dallas Stars (22-7-5) defeated the Los Angeles Kings (14-9-9) 4-1 at the American Airlines Center on Monday night.
Matt Duchene, Oskar Back, 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 five saves before leaving in the first period. Anton Forsberg made 17 saves.
Summary of the game
The Stars thought they had scored the opening goal in the first period on a Johnston bank shot from behind the net that went in off Kuemper, but it was ruled a goal. During the play, Rantanen appeared to run over Kuemper. No penalty was called, but Kuemper left the game and did not return.
Kuzmenko officially opened the scoring at 11:03 on the power play. DeSmith mishandled the puck at the edge of the crease and Kuzmenko took advantage for his fifth goal of the season.
Shortly after a Dallas power play ended, Duchene tied the game with a backdoor tap thanks to a perfect pass from Rantanen on the half wall.
The Stars got their first lead of the night at 6:12 of the third period. Radek Faksa took a fluttering shot from the point and it was Back who had the shoulder-high tip-in for his second of the season.
At 16:11, Rantanen took advantage of a cheeky Kings giveaway in the Stars’ defensive zone, skated the puck across the entire ice on the right side, cut around the last defender in the slot and fired the puck through the five-hole. from Forsberg.
Johnston sealed the 4-1 victory with an empty net goal at 19:28.
The Kings outscored the Stars 28-26 and went 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Stars went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Next
The Kings are in Sunrise on He will take on the Florida Panthers on Wednesday nightwhile the Stars will be in California Thursday night to take on the San Jose Sharks.
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