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12/20 00:09 CST Robertson has 2 goals and assist as Stars beat Ducks 8-3 for
3rd straight win
Robertson has 2 goals and assist as Stars beat Ducks 8-3 for 3rd straight win
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Jason Robertson had two goals and an assist, and the
Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 8-3 on Friday night for their third
straight win.
Roope Hintz and Thomas Harley each had a goal and an assist, and Oskar Bck,
Sam Steel, Ilya Lybushkin and Adam Erne also scored for the Stars. who are an
NHL-best 13-2-4 on the road. Mikko Rantanen and Miro Heiskanen each had two
assists, and Casey DeSmith had 23 saves.
Ryan Poehling, Beckett Sennecke and Mikael Granlund scored for the Ducks, who
have lost four of five. Lukas Dostal gave up four goals on seven shots before
he was pulled with 5:41 left in the first period. Petr Mrazek came on and
stopped 14 of the 18 shots he faced the rest of the way.
The Stars' eight-goal output tied a season high, matching their 8-3 win at
Edmonton on Nov. 25, and was the most the Ducks have given up.
Bck gave the Stars a 1-0 lead with a short-handed goal 2:37 into the game
after the Ducks turned the puck over behind their net.
Poehling tied it 55 seconds later, scoring in close on the rebound of a point
shot by Radko Gudas.
Hintz put Dallas back ahead at 4:42, getting a pass from Robertson in the slot,
sliding backwards and firing a shot past Dostal for his 11th.
Steel pushed the Stars' lead to 3-1 with 7:19 left in the first, scoring past
Dostal while crashing into the net and dislodging it. The goal was confirmed
after a review.
Harley made it a three-goal lead 1:38 later as he got a pass from Rantanen and
scored from the right circle.
Robertson scored in front on a power play with 8:50 remaining in the second,
and then put a backhander past Mrazek from the right circle 4 minutes later to
make it 6-1. It gave Robertson a team-leading 22 goals.
Erne made it a six-goal lead with 1:30 left in the middle period.
After Sennecke pulled the Ducks back within five 1:01 into the third, Lybushkin
got his first of the season 41 seconds later to extend the Stars' lead to 8-2.
Granlund capped the scoring with 5:38 remaining.
Up next
Stars: Host Toronto on Sunday.
Ducks: Host Columbus on Saturday.
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