Dallas Stars nearly squander three-goal lead, hang on for 4-2 win over Chicago Blackhawks

Matt Duchene scored connected a third-period powerfulness play and added an empty-netter successful nan last seconds arsenic nan Dallas Stars hung connected to hit nan Chicago Blackhawks 4-2

DALLAS -- Matt Duchene scored connected a third-period powerfulness play and added an empty-netter successful nan last seconds arsenic nan Dallas Stars hung connected to hit nan Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 Saturday.

Duchene’s extremity astatine 8:50 followed goals by Evgenii Dadonov successful nan first play and Jamie Benn successful nan 2nd for a 3-0 lead. Ryan Donato ended Jake Oettinger’s shutout bid 44 seconds aft Duchene’s goal, and Connor Bedard made it a one-goal crippled astatine 14:15.

Duchene skated unsocial for nan tap-in pinch 17.7 seconds left, giving him a team-high six goals this season.

Oettinger made 22 saves for nan Stars, who person opened nan play pinch 5 consecutive location wins for nan first clip since their 1998-99 Stanley Cup season.

Chicago’s Petr Mrazek stopped 26 shots successful nan 2nd limb of nan team's back-to-back. The Blackhawks mislaid 3-2 astatine location against Nashville connected Friday night.

Miro Heiskanen and Chicago's Patrick Maroon each had 2 assists.

Blackhawks: Mrazek played connected consecutive days because backup goalie Arvid Soderblom is sick.

Stars: To relationship for adjacent week’s two-game Global Series travel to Europe, they played their ninth crippled successful 17 days.

Dallas defenseman Esa Lindell and Heiskanen committed penalties connected Bedard and Philipp Kurashev.

Dallas went successful starring nan convention pinch a 92.3% punishment termination and killed each 3 Chicago powerfulness plays. The Stars are 13 for 13 astatine home.

The Stars will play 2 games successful Finland against nan Panthers connected Nov. 1-2, and nan Blackhawks will play nan Avalanche connected Monday nighttime successful nan 2nd crippled of a five-game roadworthy trip.

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