In Dallas, the Stars fell behind 2-0 to the visiting New York Rangers, and replied with six straight goals, from six different skaters in a 6-3 win on Monday night.
“Last game, that’s not our group. We’re better than that. We know that in here,” Dallas’ Mason Marchment said. “To come out this game and do the same thing that [Colorado] did to us, it shows the kind of team we are. We got those kind of people in this room. It’s a big win for us.”
The loss ended an 11-game point streak for the Rangers.
Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves in the win.
“When I get my starts, it’s a little bit of my little energy bug spark through the lineup,” Wedgewood said. “The first shot there’s a no-look glove save, kind of throw it away to let the guys know that I’m dialed. There’s little intangibles that you try to play into. They see I’m focused and ready to go, it kind of gives them a little bit more hope and security I think, which is nice.”
Dallas improved to 12-4-1.
Vincent Trocheck staked the Rangers to a 1-0 lead in the first period at 16:25 off the power play.
Kaapo Kakko scored in the middle frame to give New York a 2-0 lead.
Jamie Benn scored at 14:23 of the second period to trim the deficit to 2-1 after 40 minutes.
The house fell in on the Rangers in the third period when Dallas scored five straight goals.
“I think for us, the focus has really been on each individual game,” New York forward Chris Kreider said. “It’s obviously frustrating right now for us, thinking we had the opportunity to come away with points having a lead. Definitely some learning moments for us tonight.”
Joe Pavelski scored 61 seconds into the third for a 2-2 tie, Mason Marchment, added a power play marker at 7:06 for a 3-2 lead to the Stars.
“We knew we could be better,” Pavelski said. “A little harder, cleaner execution. Our game got better as the night went on. We were winning more puck races, harder in battles. The support I think was one of the big things. There were always three guys on the puck. And then there were a few breakdowns. [Wedgewood] made a couple of timely saves, especially in the third.”
The Rangers dropped to 12-3-1.
“The second was a little bit back and forth, and then in the third they created some chances and they scored. It’s a tough loss,” New York’s Mika Zibanejad said. “This one’s tough and hard to analyze right after, honestly. It’ll be easier to have an answer after we get a chance to watch it.”
Tyler Seguin extended piled on at 8:24 for a 4-2 advantage.
“In the second period on, I thought we got to our game and started to take the game over,” Stars coach Peter DeBoer said. “It felt a little like the Colorado game in reverse. I don’t think we loved our first period. I thought we gave them too much space, too much time. I thought we came out in the second and third and played the way we needed to play against a team like that and got rewarded for it.”
Two empty-net goals followed to balloon the advantage to 6-2.
Sam Steel (16:28) and Roope Hintz (short-handed), 36 seconds scored to push the lead out to 6-2.
“I thought we were playing well [in the first period],” Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. “I thought we had a few mishandles with the puck, but overall, I thought it was pretty good. Second period, I thought it got away from us a little bit in the neutral zone. They pressed a little bit more and we turned pucks over.
“They came out to score to start the third period. From there, they just picked up momentum and we couldn’t grab it. It was tough. I thought we started the right way, and it was tough to finish that way and give up the goals in the third period.”
Barclay Goodrow scored with 15 seconds left on the clock for the 6-3 final.
Igor Shesterkin made 30 saves in the loss.
“Got off to another good start and kept playing our game,” Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba said. “Momentum kind of shifted with some of the [goal] challenges and some of the goals. It was just kind of one of those periods where things just didn’t go our way in the third. I don’t think we look at it too much. We liked our start and we liked where we were headed into the third period and didn’t have a good third period. It is what it is.”
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