Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz each scored twice, contributing to three-point games, as the Dallas Stars defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Friday.
Oskar Back also scored for the Stars, who have now won four consecutive games. Goalie Jake Oettinger was strong in net, making 26 saves, especially in the first two periods.
For the Canucks, Conor Garland, Jake DeBrusk, and Carson Soucy scored. Their three-game winning streak came to an end just hours after trading forward J.T. Miller. Goalie Thatcher Demko made 11 saves.
With the game tied 1-1, Robertson put the Stars ahead with a power-play goal at 16:29 in the second period. After solid puck movement, Robertson was passed the puck in the slot and quickly fired it into the net.
Dallas had entered the game with the league’s worst home power play.
Hintz increased the lead to 3-1 at 4:04 in the third period. After the Canucks failed to score on an odd-man rush, Hintz took a breakaway and calmly shot the puck through the goalie’s legs.
Hintz later added a short-handed empty-net goal with 3:27 remaining, shooting the puck into the net from his own zone as the Canucks pulled their goalie for an extra skater.
DeBrusk scored for Vancouver with a power-play goal at 2:09 left, but Robertson sealed the victory with another empty-net goal in the final minute.
Soucy scored a late goal for Vancouver with just four seconds remaining.
Back opened the scoring at 9:12 of the first period, capitalizing on a perfect pass from Colin Blackwell after winning a puck battle along the boards.
Garland responded with a goal at 5:08 in the second period, finishing a pass from Nils Hoglander during an odd-man rush and putting a sharp-angled shot into the net.
Before the game, the Canucks traded Miller, defenseman Erik Brannstrom, and prospect Jackson Dorrington to the New York Rangers in exchange for forward Filip Chytil, defenseman Victor Mancini, and a conditional 2025 first-round draft pick. Miller had long been rumored to be traded due to his reported tension with Elias Pettersson.
