Tyler Seguin on Saturday night scored twice during a four-goal second period as the Dallas Stars held off the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a battle between two of the NHL’s top teams.
Washington leads the Eastern Conference and Dallas began the night one point behind Chicago for the Western Conference lead.
Seguin has 30 goals this season. Jamie Benn scored his 29th and rookie Mattias Janmark started the scoring with his 11th.
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Alex Ovechkin, Justin Williams and Andre Burakovsky scored for Washington in the third period. Ovechkin’s league-leading 35th came on the power play.
Capitals goalie Braden Holtby lost in regulation for just the second time since Nov. 12 last year. Philipp Grubauer replaced Holtby in the third period and made 10 saves.
Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped 20 shots. Holtby had 21 saves.
DUCKS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, OT
In Chicago, Ryan Getzlaf scored a power-play goal at 2 minutes, 16 seconds of overtime to lift Anaheim over Chicago.
Cam Fowler’s shot was stopped by Corey Crawford, but Getzlaf poked the rebound under the sliding goaltender. Getzlaf’s sixth goal of the season came with Andrew Shaw serving a bench minor for too many men on the ice.
Jakob Silfverberg and David Perron scored in the third period for Anaheim, who dropped the first two games of the season series against Chicago in overtime. Frederik Anderson made five saves after John Gibson departed after two periods with an upper-body injury.
Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa left with a left leg injury in the second period of Chicago’s third consecutive loss. The defending Stanley Cup champions dropped to 4-6 since their franchise-record 12-game win streak.
Defenseman Brent Seabrook had two goals for Chicago, who have dropped three in a row.
BRUINS 4, WILD 2
In St Paul, Minnesota, David Krejci broke a tie in the second period and Jonas Gustavsson made 31 saves to help Boston beat Minnesota.
Minnesota fired coach Mike Yeo after the game and promoted John Torchetti from their Iowa affiliate in the American Hockey League as interim coach.
The Wild have lost seven in a row and 13 of 14. They tied the longest home winless streak in franchise history at eight games (0-5-3).
Krejci added an assist in Boston’s sixth straight road victory. The Bruins are second in the NHL with 39 road points.
Brad Marchand, Loui Eriksson and Zdeno Chara also scored for Boston. Marchand has scored in six straight games and has 12 goals in his past 12 games.
Thomas Vanek and Mike Reilly scored for Minnesota, and Darcy Kuemper made 15 saves.
In other results, it was:
‧ Predators 5, Panthers 0
‧ Sharks 4, Coyotes 1
‧ Devils 2, Flyers 1, OT
‧ Hurricanes 6, Islanders 3
‧ Maple Leafs 5, Canucks 2
‧ Jets 2, Oilers 1, SO
‧ Blue Jackets 4, Senators 2
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