In Buffalo, Tyler Seguin and Jason Robertson scored power play goals in the third period on Thursday to to rally the Dallas Stars from a 3-4 deficit and down the Sabres, 5-4. 
Seguin and Robertson hit for two goals each in the win.
“It went in tonight,” Stars head coach Rick Bowness said. “We had so many great chances with our power play against Montreal (a 5-3 loss on Tuesday). … We had I think 19 scoring chances on seven power plays, so you walk out of that game and you’re 1-for-7 with the goal being a 6-on-4. Sometimes your power play’s going to look great and not score. … When you have that many scoring chances and you don’t score, you’re doing a lot of good things, and tonight the puck went in. Simple as that.”
Dallas had four strikes off the power play.
“I felt pretty good out there,” Robertson said. “I was fortunate to have my teammates having my back out there if I made any turnovers or mistakes or anything. So it’s good to have them behind me. And I think on that line with Joe [Pavelski] and Roope, it’s hard not to get your feet going. Everything happens so fast.”
The Stars improved to 19-16-2.
Braden Holtby made 20 saves in the Dallas win.
Rasmus Dahlin and Jack Quinn scored had goals for the Sabres.
“I feel like they came out pretty slow,” Dahlin said. “We took advantage of it. We scored a couple goals there. But then the second and the third period, they did the right things over and over again and they rolled over us. Our young guys did a great job today, but we just have to find a way to win these type of games against this type of veteran team. It [stinks], for sure.”
Buffalo fell to 12-21-7.
“Something you kind of dream about,” Quinn said. “So it was pretty special to see it go in and it was exciting to celebrate with my teammates there.”
Dylan Cozens scored for the Sabres, and Alex Tuch gave the Sabres a 4-3 lead in the middle frame, sending the game to the third third ahead of the Dallas rally.
Roope Hintz added a single marker for Dallas.
“It feels good,” Seguin said. “Take them all though. You’ll take any goal in this league. It’s a hard league to score in. So I’m still happy with the greasy goals. In the past, I probably would’ve shut down. So I have to find different ways, and we all need to buy in right now.”
Aaron Dell made 42 saves in the Sabres loss.
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