In Dallas, the visiting Minnesota Wild fell behind 0-2 to the Stars on Friday night before rallying for three unanswered goals in a 3-2 road win.
Joel Eriksson Ek struck for his second goal of the game with just 27 seconds left in regulation to get the Wild the win.
“I saw the goalie (Ben Bishop) was on the far post, so I was trying to get it to the other side as quickly as possible,” Eriksson Ek said.
Devan Dubnyk made 31 saves in the win.
“It’s nice,” Dubnyk said. “You’re obviously trying to stay with it, and you have to remind yourself how big these games and points are, so you want to be sharp.
“It was a [Stanley Cup] Playoff-like third period, and I haven’t had a ton of those this year, so it was nice to see the guys continue to swarm. To see one get in there was a pretty good feeling.”
Joe Pavelski (power play) and Denis Gurianov scored for the Stars.
“Not good enough for this time of year against a team that’s chasing you,” Dallas forward Andrew Cogliano said. “They’re a pretty solid team in terms of coming off of a back-to-back (2-3-1 in second game). I thought they got better as the game went on.”
Ryan Donato had a single marker for the Wild to knot the game at 2-2.
“These are important points for us,” Eriksson Ek said. “We have to put more games together and keep winning, and this was a step in the right direction.”
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Bishop made 27 saves in the loss.
“The power play got a big goal for us, and on the second one, they were moving the puck really well,” Stars head coach Rick Bowness said about their two goals. “We had more good looks in that first period than we’ve had in a long time, we just didn’t put the puck in the net at the right times. Give their goalie credit.”
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