Penguins edge Stars, 2-1

In Pittsburgh, Evgeny Malkin scored with 35 seconds left in regulation to give the Penguins a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday night.“I’m still focused on my game,” Malkin said. “I know it’s coming. I just [try to] be patient and use my chances. … A rebound, I think ‘Rusty’ tried to move around the goalie, but the goalie poke-checked and the puck was coming to me. I saw it was an empty net, I just needed to shoot it into the net. It’s almost an empty-net goal.”

Tristan Jarry made 26 saves in the Pittsburgh win.

“I just think he’s competing,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said of Jarry. “When he’s at his best, it’s economy of motion with his movement in the blue paint. He’s got a calm demeanor to his game. I think that rubs off on our team. That’s why I preface it with saying he’s competing hard.

“There’s always that fine line between composure or poise and nonchalance. We want to be on the right side of that line. I think he’s on the right side.

The Penguins improved to 17-8-4 off their sixth straight win.

Dallas took a 1-0 lead in the second period when Roope Hintz  hit for a marker with just 19 seconds of fresh ice used.

Dallas dropped to 16-8-5.

“Pretty good road game for 19-and-a-half minutes,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “We made a mistake at the end there. Did a lot of good things, had chances to score some goals. I think we would’ve liked to give [Oettinger] some offensive support tonight.

“I thought there were goals out there. We didn’t execute. Had some 2-on-1s, things like that, that probably could have changed the game. But we had a solid road effort.”

The Penguins got even, 1-1, on a power play strike from Pierre-Olivier Joseph at 13:14.

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Jake Oettinger made 24 saves in the Dallas loss.

“I thought we played a great road game,” Oettinger said. “We gave ourselves every chance to win. Just a bad bounce at the end, so I think we have to be proud of how we played. We feel like we deserved a point or two. That stings, but we have to flush it quick.”