Stars upend Avs, pad lead in West
Tyler Seguin scored twice, Thomas Harley assisted on all three of Dallas’ power-play goals in the second period, and the Western Conference-leading Stars beat Colorado 7-4 on Sunday in Denver.
Dallas, which won for the ninth time in 10 games, has 107 points — five more than the Avalanche and Pacific Division-leading Vancouver for the West’s top spot.
Matt Duchene, Jamie Benn, Roope Hintz, Mason Marchment and Wyatt Johnston scored for the Stars, who finished the season series 1-2-1 against Colorado. Jake Oettinger stopped 34 shots for Dallas.
The Stars showed no signs of fatigue after a 3-2 loss to the Blackhawks the day before. The team had to remain in Chicago until Sunday morning because of windy conditions in Denver.
Leading 5-3 after two periods, the Stars saw the Avs make it a one-goal game with 9:45 left on Jonathan Drouin’s goal. Johnston stifled the comeback with his 31st goal this season. Seguin added an empty-netter with 8.7 seconds left.
Sean Walker, Artturi Lehkonen and Brandon Duhaime also scored for a Colorado team that was missing Mikko Rantanen (concussion protocol). Alexandar Georgiev yielded six goals on 36 shots, two days after allowing six goals on 47 shots in a loss at Edmonton.
■ Wild 4, Blackhawks 0:
At Chicago, Jesper Wallstedt stopped 24 shots for his first shutout in his second NHL start, and Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist.
■ Blues 6, Ducks 5, SO: At Anaheim, Calif., Robert Thomas had a goal and three assists for St. Louis, and Jordan Kyrou scored the decisive shootout goal.
■ Hurricanes 3, Blue Jackets 0: At Raleigh, N.C., Frederik Andersen stopped 23 shots in his 27th shutout and third in his past seven games.
■ Coyotes 5, Sharks 2: At San Jose, Calif., Lawson Crouse, Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller each had a goal and an assist for Arizona.
■ Predators 3, Devils 2, SO: At Newark, N.J., Ryan O’reilly scored the decisive shootout goal in Nashville’s second win in six games.
■ Senators 3, Capitals 2, OT: At Washington, Jake Sanderson scored 41 seconds into overtime, and Washington lost its sixth straight.
■ Rangers 5, Canadiens 2: At New York, Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist in New York’s eighth win in nine games.
■ Red Wings 3, Sabres 1: At Detroit, Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist to back Alex Lyon, who stopped 37 shots.
AHL
■ Eagles 4, Silver Knights 2: At Dollar Loan Center, Fredrik Olofsson had a goal and an assist for Colorado (37-22-7), which overcame a 2-1 second-period deficit. Sheldon Rempal had a goal and an assist for the Silver Knights (27-33-8) in their sixth loss in eight games.
From staff and wire reports