In Raleigh, the Dallas Stars’ Tyler Seguin scored the only goal in the skills competition on Thursday in a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Scott Wedgewood made 44 saves in his first game with the Stars.
“I think I was a little nervous to get going and make a first impression,” Wedgewood said. “A couple rebounds early on actually led to more chances than I would have liked, but after that first 10-minute barrage, I settled into myself and went back to the basics of how I’ve been playing. It was a good night all around.”
Nino Niederreiter scored a pair of goals for Carolina.
“I don’t know if I’ve seen a better game in 20 years of being here,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “As far as doing everything we were trying to do, we just didn’t get it in the net as much as we would like.”
Roope Hintz hit for a double for Dallas.
Dallas improved to 36-24-3.
Vincent Trocheck also scored for Carolina.
“I feel like we dominated that game,” Niederreiter said. “We had a lot of shots on net. Right now, we’ve just got to stay positive and find a way to get some greasy goals. It’s not been easy, that’s for sure.”
The Hurricanes dropped to 42-15-7, Carolina has lost five of their last six.
Jamie Benn added a single marker for Dallas in the win.
“We were badly outplayed tonight by Carolina. They played an outstanding game,” Dallas coach Rick Bowness said. “There were two reasons we won. Obviously, Wedgewood was the biggest difference in the game, but I also liked our resiliency in the third when they scored and we came right back. Roope’s line came up huge when we needed it.”
Frederik Andersen made 12 saves in the Canes loss.
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