Stars push streak to seven with win over Vegas

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In Dallas, the Stars continued their winning ways with a 4-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night.

It was franchise tying seventh straight win.

“It’s fun, but we still think there’s stuff to work on,” Stars defenseman John Klingberg said. “That’s the good thing, but we keep rolling, we have confidence, and we play the right way. We feel like we get results from that. We’ve got to keep doing the right thing here and keep building.”

Dallas is 14-1-1 in their last 16 games.

Dallas took a 2-0 first period lead to put the Knights on their heels.

“Our starts haven’t been good enough,” the Golden Knights’ Mark Stone said. “If we start the game on time, we’re usually on top at the end.”

Ben Bishop made 26 saves to get the win.

Shea Theodore and Paul Stastny were the Vegas strikers as the Knights dropped to 11-11-4 with the loss.

“It was a tough loss,” Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said. “We had a tough start to the first period with the two penalties and falling behind 2-0. After that, we battled back pretty hard and made it a game. But you can’t get behind against a really good team like that.”

Alexander Radulov struck twice on the power play for the Stars.

“It’s good, it’s not a secret that everybody is working in all the games,” Radulov said. “Different guys are stepping up. It was a huge win. It’s good that different lines are stepping up and we get that result. Everybody played a good, solid game.”

Jason Dickinson and Esa Lindell also scored for the Stars.

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Malcolm Subban made 24 saves in the loss.

The Knights were scoreless in four power play chances.

“It didn’t look sharp at all,” Gallant said about the power play. “That really hurt us. It’s been good all year, but it didn’t look sharp tonight. They did a good job with their PK, but we just didn’t execute or get good scoring opportunities.”

“Special teams affect a lot in the game and we did a great job of that today,” Stars defenseman Esa Lindell said. “They’re a high-paced team and they play quickly. It was a good test for us today.”