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Tyler Seguin Scores twice, Stars win third straight

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The Dallas Stars held off a winless Arizona Coyotes to sweep the home-and-home series and record their third straight victory in a back and forth game.

Dallas top center, Tyler Seguin, continued his strong play and scored two crucial goals in the third period.

Dallas began the game with a ceremonial decision in putting Martin Hanzal, the former 10-year Coyote, on the top line to start the game. Head Coach Ken Hitchcock also opted to have Mattias Janmark center the second line, moving Jason Spezza to right wing, presumably to get him going in the scoring department.

Arizona’s top center and off-season trade acquisition, Derek Stepan, cashed in right after Dallas’ first penalty. As the penalty had been killed off, Arizona caught Jamie Oleksiak playing as a de-facto winger before the Stars could change.

Oleksiak got the nod over Julius Honka, who was a healthy scratch. The lineup move didn’t quite pay off as Oleksiak made a couple key blunders.

The Stars immediately seized control after the initial Arizona goal and scored twice within the span of one minute. Stars captain Jamie Benn scored on the power play and finished the night with three points.

Desperate to get their first victory, the Coyotes hung around all night because of the inspiring play from top center, Derek Stepan.

Stepan was dangerously close to locking down a hat trick late in the second period after a Radulov giveaway left Dallas’ defense completely out of position. Ben Bishop made his best save in a Stars jersey with a desperation poke check to keep the game tied at 2-2 headed into the second intermission.

Bishop didn’t exactly post great numbers, but he made several key saves in the third period, including stonewalling a breakaway from Max Domi. He was also stalwart on the penalty kill to help Dallas kill four out of four penalties.

The Goals

First Period

5:50 Oliver Ekman-Larsson caught Dallas with three defenseman on the ice after Arizona finished a power play and fired from the top of the left circle. Derek Stepan redirected the shot for his first goal with Arizona.
Stars 0, Coyotes 1

6:23 Jamie Benn was all alone in front of the net after Dallas broke down Arizona’s PK formation and rookie netminder Adin Hill had no chance. Stars 1, Coyotes 1

7:04 Adin Hill attempted to avoid pressure by sending the puck around the boards; it ended up on Tyler Potluck’s stick. He centered it to Radek Faksa in front of the net. Luke Schenn tried to defend Faksa’s attempt and mishandled the puck into his own net. Stars 2, Coyotes 2

Second Period

2:47 Derek Stepan deflected a point shot, and the Dallas defense attempted to clear the rebound but sent it right to Stepan’s stick who easily scored his second goal on the night. Stars 2, Coyotes 2

Third Period

3:10 Stephen Johns recorded his first goal on the season after a hard fought shift by the top line. He beat Hill on the short side from the right circle. Stars 3, Coyotes 2

6:41 Clayton Keller found the puck off of an errant point shot from Jamie Oleksiak and beat the back-checking Dallas defense down the ice for a breakaway goal. Stars 3, Coyotes 3

8:20 Tyler Seguin pushed the puck into the back of the net off of a slot shot that almost trickled in. Stars 4, Coyotes 3

17:06 Jamie Benn had a smooth button hook after his zone entry and found a streaking Tyler Seguin on the right circle for a one-timer. Stars 5, Coyotes 3

Arizona emptied their net late in the period and Clayton Keller scored on the rush. Stars 5, Coyotes 4

Coyotes lineup
Max Domi — Derek Stepan — Clayton Keller
Jordan Martinook — Christian Dvorak — Tobias Rieder
Lawson Crouse — Nick Cousins — Christian Fischer
Zac Rinaldo — Mario Kempe — Anthony Duclair

Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Jason Demers
Niklas Hjalmarsson — Alex Goligoski
Kevin Connauton — Luke Schenn

Adin Hill
Louis Domingue

Injured: Jakob Chychrun (knee), Antti Raanta (lower-body), Brendan Perlini (upper-body)
Brad Richardson (lower-body)

Scratched: Adam Clendening

Stars lineup
Jamie Benn — Tyler Seguin — Alexander Radulov
Remi Elie — Martin Hanzal — Brett Ritchie
Devin Shore — Mattias Janmark — Jason Spezza
Antoine Roussel — Radek Faksa — Tyler Pitlick

Esa Lindell — John Klingberg
Marc Methot — Jamie Oleksiak
Dan Hamhuis — Stephen Johns

Ben Bishop
Kari Lehtonen

Scratched: Julius Honka, Greg Pateryn, Gemel Smith

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