Benn, Stars halt Blues’ record win streak at 11

Stars captain Jamie Benn had his first multi-goal game since Oct. 6 as Dallas beat St. Louis 5-2 on Thursday, ending the Blues’ franchise-record 11-game win streak.

When Benn scored the game’s first goal 3:46 into the second period, the

Blues trailed for the first time since Feb.5—aspanofmorethan517 minutes on the ice over 10 games.

Radek Faksa and Alexander Radulov put Dallas up 3-0 with goals in a 65-second span midway through the second period.

Anton Khudobin stopped 43 shots while starting his seventh straight game for the Stars, who snapped a three-game skid in which they were shut out twice.

Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington entered with a 13-1-1 record and was riding a nine-game win streak that was a rookie team record. The only other time he allowed four goals was Jan. 21 in St. Louis’ 4-3 loss to Los Angeles, the most recent loss for him and the team.

At Tampa, Fla., Nikita Kucherov became the fastest NHL player to 100 points in a season since Mario Lemieux, and Kucherov and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout for Tampa Bay. Kucherov’s 30th goal gave him 100 points in 62 games, one more than it took Lemieux in 1995-96.

At Pittsburgh, Tomas Hertl scored twice on power plays in San Jose’s threegoal first period, and Martin Jones had 26 saves in his 21st shutout and second this season as the Sharks won for the eighth time in 10 games to move within one point of Calgary atop the Pacific Division.

At Toronto, Alex Ovechkin scored his 650th goal for Washington, becoming the 14th NHL player to reach the milestone, and Braden Holtby made 40 saves for the Capitals, who won a second straight

game for the first time in two weeks.

At Montreal, Brendan Gallagher notched his first hat trick, backing Carey

Price, who had 29 saves. Rookie Carter Hart gave up three goals on nine shots before being pulled at 10:33 of the first period.

At Nashville, Tenn., Roman Josi had a goal and an assist to back Pekka Rinne, who had 28 saves, as Nashville moved atop the Central Division with its third win in four games.

At Sunrise, Fla., Justin Williams had two goals and an assist for Carolina, which won for the seventh time in nine games and halted Florida’s three-game win streak.

At Edmonton, Alberta, Connor Mcdavid scored 1:22 into overtime and had an assist as Edmonton stopped a five-game skid with its second win in 13 games.

At Vancouver, British Columbia, Alex Galchenyuk scored 1:54 into overtime and had an assist as Arizona won for the fifth time in seven games.

At Newark, N.J., Cory Schneider made 30 saves in his 25th shutout and first since November 2017, and Miles Wood had a goal and an assist.

At New York, Zach Parise had a goal and an assist to back Devan Dubnyk, who stopped 33 shots, as Minnesota halted a five-game slide.