Third-period goals boost Dallas to win over Ducks

DALLAS — Devin Shore and Jamie Benn scored power-play goals in the third period as the Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Friday.

With the game tied at 1, Benn tipped John Klingberg’s shot from the top of the slot past Anaheim goalie Ryan Miller for the go-ahead goal with 5:37 left.

Ryan Getzlaf scored Anaheim’s goal in the first period.

Both teams entered with 80 points, but Dallas increased its lead for the first wild card from the Western Conference to three points over Los Angeles. Anaheim remained one point ahead of the Kings for third place in the Pacific Division.

Miller made 35 saves 16 days after shutting out the Stars with 41 saves in Anaheim. Kari Lehtonen stopped 26 shots for Dallas.

The third-period power plays were the only ones for the Stars in the game.

The Kings had killed all 25 of their opponents’ man advantages in the previous nine games. Dallas had been successful on only four of 36 power plays (11 percent) over 13 games.

Anaheim outshot Dallas 10-9 in the first period, but the Stars came out firing in the second. They peppered Miller with 17 shots on goal to just five for the Ducks. Miller stopped all of them.

The Stars finally scored on their first power play. Two seconds were left on a penalty to Corey Perry when Tyler Seguin passed into the slot, and Shore deflected the puck into the upper-right corner.

Blue Jackets 3, Red Wings 2 —

At Columbus, Ohio, defenseman Seth Jones scored twice in the second period to back Sergei Bobrovsky, who returned from an illness to make 22 saves, as Columbus won its fourth straight.

At Ottawa, Ontario, Sam Bennett and Matt Stajan scored to back David Rittich, who had 29 saves in Calgary’s second straight win.

At Vancouver, British Columbia, Eric Staal’s 37th goal of the season put Minnesota ahead to stay as the Wild won their third straight.

Flames 2, Senators 1 — Wild 5, Canucks 2—