Jason Robertson and Thomas Harley each had a goal and an assist Tuesday to help the visiting Dallas Stars down the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 for their third straight win.
Evgenii Dadonov and Wyatt Johnston also scored for the Stars. Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made 38 saves.
Bryan Rust scored for the Penguins, who lost their third in a row. Pittsburgh goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 30 shots.
Pittsburgh defenseman John Ludvig, making his NHL debut, was knocked out of the game in the second period. He made an open-ice hit on Dallas’ Radek Faksa but took the worst of it. He lay face-first on the ice while receiving medical attention. Eventually, looking wobbly, he was helped off by teammates, and he didn’t return to action.
The Penguins dominated the first, including an 18-9 advantage in shots, but Oettinger stood up to the barrage. That is, until there were 37.9 seconds left in the period, when Rust gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.
Ryan Graves forced a turnover in the Stars’ end and got the puck to defense partner Kris Letang. Sidney Crosby received the puck from Letang and got it through the neutral zone ahead to Jake Guentzel. From the bottom of the left circle, Guentzel set up Rust in the slot, and Rust shoveled it past Oettinger for his team-leading fifth goal.
At 7:37 of the second, Robertson tied it. He cut across the low slot with the puck on his backhand. From a sharp angle, he shoved the puck under Nedeljkovic’s left pad.
Dadonov gave Dallas a 2-1 lead at 16:03 of the second. Matt Duchene, near the crease, got the puck through two Penguins to Dadonov, who threaded it inside the right post.
At 5:22 of the third, Nedeljkovic came several feet out of his net to play the puck but got burned, giving Harley an easy goal from the top of the slot for a 3-1 Stars lead.
Johnston got the puck under Nedeljkovic’s left pad and it trickled in at 13:51 of the third to push the edge to 4-1.
–Field Level Media
