Dallas: Tyler Seguin scored twice during a four-goal second period and the Dallas Stars held off the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a battle between two of the NHL’s top teams on Saturday night.
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.
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. Philipp Grubauer replaced Holtby in the third period and made 10 saves. Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped 20 shots. Holtby had 21 saves.
In Chicago, Ryan Getzlaf scored a power-play goal at 2:16 of overtime, lifting Anaheim to A 3-2 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, which 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, which has dropped three in a row.
Results
Saturday’s games
Winnipeg 2, Edmonton 1, SO
New Jersey 2, Philadelphia 1, OT
Boston 4, Minnesota 2
Nashville 5, Florida 0
Carolina 6, N.Y. Islanders 3
Columbus 4, Ottawa 2
Toronto 5, Vancouver 2
Dallas 4, Washington 3
Anaheim 3, Chicago 2, OT
San Jose 4, Arizona 1
