Benn’s 3-point sport leads Stars previous Islanders 5-2

Jamie Benn scored the tiebreaking objective within the third interval and had two assists, and the Dallas Stars beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Saturday evening.

Mason Marchment had a objective and an help, and Radek Faksa, Jason Robertson and Jani Hakanpaa additionally scored to assist Dallas win its second straight sport and enhance its result in three factors on Colorado and Winnipeg within the Central Division.

Tyler Seguin and Joe Pavelski every had two assists, with Seguin topping 700 factors for his profession. Jake Oettinger stopped 27 photographs to enhance to 7-2-1.

Mathew Barzal scored his first two objectives this season for New York, which has misplaced two straight after profitable 9 of their earlier 11 video games. Semyon Varlamov completed with 31 saves.

Benn gave the Stars a 3-2 lead at 8:17 of the third when he acquired a move kind Marchment from behind the web and flipped a backhander up excessive to beat Varlamov for his eighth.

Robertson whirled clockwise on the high of the fitting faceoff circle and whipped the puck contained in the left goalpost to offer Dallas a two-goal lead with 3 1/2 minutes remaining. Hakanpaa sealed the win with an empty-netter with 21 seconds left.

Dallas outshot New York 13-9 in a scoreless first interval.

Barzal acquired the Islanders on the scoreboard first at 1:30 of the second, tipping Alexander Romanov’s shot from the left circle previous Oettinger for his first of the season.

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Faksa tied it at 6:57 when he acquired a move from Seguin and snapped a shot previous Varlamov from in entrance for his second.

Barzal’s second objective, on the ability play, adopted a move from Brock Nelson to Barzal within the slot to offer the Islanders a 2-1 lead with 5:41 left within the center interval.

Simply 40 seconds later, Benn arrange Marchment within the slot to beat Varlamov with a wrist shot to tie it 2-2.

Scott Wedgewood returned because the backup goalie for the Stars two days after he was taken off the ice on a stretcher. … Roope Hintz, who scored two objectives on Thursday, was a late scratch Saturday with a lower-body damage.

Barzal ended a 22-game drought, relationship again to April 23 in opposition to Buffalo. … Seguin has 309 objectives and 392 assists. He’s the primary NHL participant from the 2010 draft to achieve 700 factors. … Islanders C Kyle Palmieri performed in his 700th NHL sport and D Adam Pelech skated in his four-hundredth. … Robertson prolonged his factors streak to 11 video games.

Islanders: At Toronto on Monday evening to finish a four-game journey.

Stars: Host Colorado on Monday evening within the second of a four-game homestand.