Mason Marchment scored two goals and added an assist, while Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin each had a goal and an assist to help the Dallas Stars defeat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Friday night.
Roope Hintz also scored, Jake Oettinger made 29 saves, and Miro Heiskanen recorded two assists for Dallas, who ended a two-game losing streak.
For Colorado, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, Valeri Nichushkin and Artturi Lehkonen scored, Cale Makar added two assists, and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 19 shots.
Seguin put Dallas up 1-0 on the power play, scoring with a sharp-angle shot over Georgiev’s shoulder at 5:36 of the first period for his ninth goal of the season.
The Avalanche quickly responded on their first power play. Rantanen’s shot hit the post, and Nichushkin tapped in the rebound past Oettinger at 13:56 to tie the game 1-1. It was Nichushkin’s third goal of the season and second in as many games.
The Stars regained the lead just 32 seconds later on an odd-man rush. Marchment passed to Heiskanen, whose shot went off Georgiev’s back before Marchment poked it in at 14:28.
Dallas scored two more in the second period to take control. Benn made it 3-1 at 7:07 after Georgiev stopped Heiskanen’s shot and Benn put in the rebound for his fifth goal of the season. Hintz added another at 18:42, scoring on a one-timer from Wyatt Johnston for a 4-1 Dallas lead.
Colorado came back in the third period. Lehkonen scored just 1:02 into the period, as his shot was deflected by Stars defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin and past Oettinger for his fourth goal of the season.
Rantanen then cut the lead to 4-3 with his team-leading 15th goal at 8:03. Georgiev was pulled for an extra skater late in the game, but Marchment sealed the win for Dallas by scoring into the empty net at 17:17 for his ninth goal of the season.
