DALLAS (AP) — Jake Oettinger stopped 35 photographs for his second consecutive shutout, Radek Faksa scored early and assisted on two of the 4 Dallas objectives in a lower than 7-minute span of the second interval, and the Stars beat Edmonton 5-0 Wednesday night time to set a franchise file with their eighth win in a row.
“There’s been a whole lot of nice groups on this group through the years, so to have the longest win streak is fairly cool,” Oettinger stated. “And hopefully we are able to develop that as a lot as we are able to.”
The successful streak, which included their 4 earlier video games on the street, has put the Stars atop the Western Convention standings with 105 factors. They’re just one level behind the New York Rangers for essentially the most within the NHL with six video games remaining for each groups.
Wyatt Johnston and Sam Steele every additionally had a objective and an help for Dallas, which six instances beforehand had seven-game successful streaks they weren’t capable of lengthen. Tyler Seguin added an influence play objective and captain Jamie Benn scored his nineteenth objective for a bunch that already has seven 20-goal scorers.
“It begins with a goalie. I believed he was our greatest participant. He was incredible, and he was incredible early in that recreation after we had been little, I believed, tentative the primary sort of 10 minutes,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer stated. “Couple of momentum-shifting saves in the course of the sport there the place it may have gotten loads nearer.”
Oettinger was coming off 17 saves Saturda y at Seattle. He needed to work loads more durable for this one, his tenth profession shutout and the primary time he held consecutive opponents and not using a objective. He has now gone gone seven-plus durations, about 152 minutes, since permitting a objective.
Edmonton goalie Calvin Pickard, taking part in his nineteenth recreation this season, had 27 saves.
The Oilers, second within the Pacific Division with 95 factors, the place shut out for under the third time this season. They had been 0 for 4 on energy performs.
“Completely a whole lot of credit score to Dallas Stars. They’re taking part in actually good hockey, they’re actually good staff,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch stated. “Coming right here was a problem for us and we got here up brief. I believed it was take a look at to see how good we’re, and we nonetheless have some work do to to catch as much as them.”
Dallas led for good solely 2:08 into the sport on Craig Smith’s takeaway from Leon Draisaitl on the blue line, with the puck going to Metal earlier than Faksa poked it by the legs of Pickard for his seventh objective of the season and first in 10 video games.
Johnston scored his thirtieth objective proper after exiting the penalty field. The 20-year-old in his second full season joined a rush out of the field, with Faksa getting the secondary help on the play when Johnston knocked in a move from Thomas Harley for a 3-0 lead. Benn and Metal scored in a 22-second span late within the interval.
Seguin acquired the second-period scoring began with 6:44 left along with his sniper shot from the correct of Pickard that went behind the objective after Miro Heiskanen’s move throughout the highest of the crease.
Oettinger had a number of spectacular saves, and withstood a 35-second flurry by Edmonton was on an influence play early within the second interval in what was nonetheless a 1-0 lead.
Leon Draisaitl had a shot off the correct put up that ricocheted again in entrance and was smothered by Oettinger. He then made a glove save on a shot by Connor McDavid earlier than dealing with Evan Bouchard’s shot into the goalie’s intestine. Oettinger already had 20 saves by then.
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Oilers are house Friday night time in opposition to Colorado.
The Stars, who even have a seven-game successful streak on the street, play their ultimate street video games of the common season. They’re at Chicago on Saturday, and Colorado on Sunday.
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