DALLAS — Joe Pavelski scored a power-play purpose halfway by the second interval, and the Dallas Stars beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Monday night time for his or her second straight win.
Joe Pavelski, Dallas Stars (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Radek Faksa additionally scored for Dallas, and Anton Khudobin made 19 saves for his first win in 4 video games this season. The Stars gained for the primary time in 4 residence video games.
Vladislav Namestnikov scored his team-high fourth of the season with 1:12 left to spoil Khudobin’s bid for his ninth profession shutout. Anders Nilsson stopped 41 photographs for the Senators, who’ve misplaced 4 straight (Zero-Three-1).
Faksa scored in a primary interval by which Dallas outshot Ottawa 17-9.
The Stars had a great opportunity throughout the first minute when Miro Heiskanen picked up a rebound within the slot, however he shot vast proper. They didn’t rating till 1:02 left within the first when Faksa redirected Taylor Fedun’s shot from the suitable level previous Nilsson.
Dallas Stars ahead Radek Faksa. Photograph: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports activities
Dallas made it 2-Zero lead with 9:16 left within the center interval, 1 second after Ottawa had killed the primary penalty of a 5-on-Three energy play. With Stars surrounding the web, the puck went off Nilsson to Jamie Benn in entrance of the web and to Pavelski, who knocked it in from the left of the web. It was solely the third for Dallas in 32 energy performs, together with one in every of the final two video games. Getting into the sport, the Stars’ energy play ranked 28th within the league.
The Stars had a 3rd energy play within the interval, highlighted by one other good probability for Heiskanen. His drive from excessive within the slot went over Nilsson and squarely off the crossbar.
NOTES: The Senators personal the NHL’s worst success charges on the facility play (four per cent) after failing to attain on their two possibilities. … Khudobin was scheduled to begin even earlier than No. 1 goalie Ben Bishop needed to take care of his residence broken by a twister Sunday in a single day. Bishop was in uniform subsequent to the Stars’ bench for the sport. The twister blew the roof off a home owned, however up on the market, by Dallas C Tyler Seguin the place he now not lives. … Nilsson’s highest saves complete this season was 52 in a Three-2 shootout loss at Vegas on Thursday.
UP NEXT
Flames: Return residence to start a three-game homestand on Wednesday towards Detroit.
Stars: Play the second in a four-game homestand vs. Anaheim on Thursday.
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