Matt Duchene and Roope Hintz scored third-period goals less than a minute apart, and the Dallas Stars came from behind twice to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Saturday night.
The game was tied 2-2 in the third period after Dallas had erased two one-goal deficits. The Stars used their speed and took advantage of the Lightning’s defense to secure their fifth win in the last six games (5-1-0).
Duchene, who also had an assist, started and finished a give-and-go play with Tyler Seguin. Duchene received a pass from Seguin on the right side and scored with a sharp-angle wrist shot at 6:55 of the third period, marking his 11th goal of the season.
Less than a minute later, Hintz increased Dallas’ lead to 4-2 after speeding past the Lightning defense and scoring his eighth goal of the season.
Evgenii Dadonov and Miro Heiskanen also scored for Dallas, as the Stars won against Tampa Bay for just the fifth time in the last 15 matchups between the teams (5-8-2). Goaltender Jake Oettinger made 27 saves for the Stars.
Anthony Cirelli scored both of Tampa Bay’s goals and has now scored in five straight games. Brandon Hagel had two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves.
Tampa Bay continued its tough November, falling to 3-4-2 for the month.
In the only game between the teams in Tampa Bay this season, Cirelli was a key player for the Lightning in the first period.
Hagel took a shot from a bad angle, and the puck came out to Cirelli, who scored the first goal of the game just 4:09 into the first period. However, Dadonov quickly responded for Dallas, scoring his sixth goal of the season less than two minutes later.
Cirelli gave Tampa Bay the lead again at 8:34 after he scored off a rebound in front of Oettinger. It was Cirelli’s eighth goal of the season.
After Heiskanen took a delay of game penalty, he made up for it by scoring a backhand goal off a saucer pass from Duchene at 15:49 to tie the game at 2-2. It was Heiskanen’s third goal of the season.
