Dallas Stars waste Kari Lehtonen's strong performance in 3-0 loss

Kari Lehtonen did everything he needed, but the Dallas Stars couldn’t bail out their goalie in a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders.

Lehtonen stopped 33 of 35 shots. He stopped all 18 on the penalty kill as the Stars went a perfect 7-for-7 killing penalties.

It was arguably Lehtonen’s best game of the season and it was still a 3-0 loss.

It came after another strong relief performance for Lehtonen when he didn’t officially get the win against the New York Rangers on Tuesday. However he deserved much of the credit after he stopped all 12 shots in the third period to preserve 7-6 win.

The goals

First period

13:31 John Tavares turned John Klingberg inside out and then beat Kari Lehtonen with a quick shot. Islanders 1, Stars 0

Tavares goal pic.twitter.com/08Uvn4dikT

— GIF Grand Maester (@myregularface) January 20, 2017

Third period

16:54 Tavares scored his second goal of the game on a shorthanded breakaway. Islanders 2, Stars 0

Tavares x2 pic.twitter.com/AD08mPE6np

— GIF Grand Maester (@myregularface) January 20, 2017

19:56 The Islanders scored into the empty net from roughly 200 feet. Islanders 3, Stars 0

Stars lineup

Benn-Eakin-Eaves
Roussel-Spezza-Seguin
Shore-Faksa-Sharp
Korpikoski-Cracknell-Hudler

Lindell-Klingberg
Hamhuis-Nemeth
Benn-Johns

Lehtonen