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DALLAS (AP) — Ottawa Senators Hats Authentic , Blake Comeau and Radek Faksa, were surprising goal scorers for Dallas on Saturday night.Comeau, Faksa and Brett Ritchie scored their first goals of the new year and the Stars defeated the Central Division-leading Winnipeg Jets 4-2.“We really didn’t do anything special out there,” said Benn, the Stars’ captain. “We just put it in the corners and tried to hit guys and work our butts off. When you do that, good things happen.”The goals by Ritchie, Comeau and Faksa gave the Stars a 3-0 lead after two periods. Tyler Seguin scored in the third period. Benn, who assisted on Comeau’s goal, and Seguin lead the team with 18 goals each.Ben Bishop made 15 of his 27 saves in the third period as Dallas snapped a four-game losing streak.Branden Lemieux and Kyle Connor scored 21 seconds apart in the third period, rallying the Jets within 3-2. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 35 shots for the Jets, who had won four in a row and were 18-6 in their previous 24 games.Dallas out-skated the Jets, playing their ninth game in 16 days.Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice noted the Stars’ speed and his team’s fatigue.“You’re a little bit slow, they’re real fast and it gets away from you. We found a way to fight back,” he said.Lemieux scored three goals in Winnipeg’s last two games. Connor has three in the last three games overall, and three in three games against the Stars this season.During their four-game skid Custom Ottawa Senators Jerseys , the Stars scored only three goals and were 0 for 11 on the power play.The Stars scored their first power-play goal in five games when Ritchie tipped in John Klingberg’s shot from the blue line at 6:54 of the first.“I’m playing as the middle guy there,” Ritchie said. “(Klingberg) said the last game he played them that he was able to get some shots through. I was ready for that.”Ritchie’s third goal of the season was his first point since Dec. 7. He has played in only 10 of Dallas’ 20 games since then and was a healthy scratch in the other 10.Comeau gave the Stars a 2-0 lead 22 seconds into the second period. He took a rebound of a shot by Esa Lindell and wristed it past Hellebuyck from the left side of the net. Comeau’s fifth goal was his first point since Dec. 29, after a nine-game goal drought.Roman Polak came out of the penalty box, and 14 seconds after the Stars’ fourth successful penalty kill, he assisted on Faksa’s eighth goal, a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle at 13:36 of the second. Faksa had been without a goal in eight games, dating to Dec. 31.Winnipeg’s Lemieux skated in from the right corner and shot past Bishop into the left corner of the net at 3:25 of the third. After the faceoff, the puck went to Connor low in the right circle, and he sent it into the upper right corner.“That next shift after you get scored against and you’re up 3-1 at home, you have to get the momentum back,” Dallas coach Jim Montgomery said. “We didn’t do that. But besides that, the rest of the third period was a good period.”The Jets were unable to score on their five power plays.“It’s a tough power play to stop,” Comeau said after playing 4:12 on the penalty-killing unit. “Our PK’s been pretty solid all year. We’ve got guys that will work.”NOTES: Connor’s goal gave him 100 career points. . The Jets’ penalty killers had been 12 for 12 in the previous three games. . The Stars had been 0 for 11 on the power play during their four-game losing streak and went 2 for 7 Saturday. . Dallas C Tyler Pitlick (upper-body injury) sat out. . Rookie Lemieux had his third fight of the season, this one against Stars D Connor Carrick in the first period. . Three Texas Rangers— Delino DeShields Jr., Joey Gallo and Rougned Odor — dropped ceremonial first pucks before the game.UP NEXTJets: After the All-Star break www.officialflyersproshop.com , on Jan. 28, they’ll be back on the road at Philadelphia.Stars: Have an 11-day break before meeting Buffalo on Jan. 30 in the fifth of six straight home games. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nolan Patrick scored 2:01 into overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied past the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Saturday, extending their winning streak to a season-best seven games.Edmonton has lost four in a row and 13 of 18.Patrick won it on the third opportunity by his line in OT after Edmonton goalie Cam Talbot made big saves on Travis Sanheim and James van Riemsdyk.Travis Konecny and Claude Giroux scored in the third to pull Philadelphia even. Sean Couturier also scored, and Carter Hart made 40 saves.Connor McDavid, Ty Rattie, Adam Larsson and Zack Kassian scored for Edmonton.DEVILS 3, CANADIENS 2, OTMONTREAL (AP) — Nico Hischier scored at 1:56 of overtime after tying it midway through the third period in New Jersey’s victory over Montreal.Will Butcher also scored, and Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 37 shots for New Jersey.Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Phillip Danault scored for Montreal, playing its first game in 10 days. Antti Niemi made 24 saves, with Carey Price serving a one-game suspension for declining an invitation to the All-Star Game.JETS 9, DUCKS 3WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jack Roslovic had his first career hat trick and Winnipeg scored a franchise-record six goals in the first period in the rout of Anaheim.Roslovic had three power-play goals and an assist. Bryan Little scored twice and had one assist. Andrew Copp, Blake Wheeler, Brendan Lemieux and Tyler Myers also had goals for Winnipeg Philadelphia Flyers T-Shirts Authentic , which has won three straight and seven consecutive games at home. Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for the Jets and was credited with an assist.The nine goals set a franchise record for most goals scored in a game at home and tied the franchise record for most goals scored in a game.Nick Ritchie, Daniel Sprong and Devin Shore scored for the Ducks, who lost their third straight in the first game of a five-game trip.John Gibson stopped eight of the 14 shots before being pulled. Chad Johnson made 14 saves in relief.MAPLE LEAFS 3, PENGUINS 2TORONTO (AP) — Zach Hyman snapped a tie late in the second period and Garret Sparks made 28 saves to lead Toronto past Pittsburgh.Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto, and Travis Dermott had a goal and an assist. Jake Gardiner added two assists.Sidney Crosby and Teddy Blueger scored for Pittsburgh, which was without Evgeni Malkin for a second straight game because of an upper-body injury. Matt Murray stopped 30 shots.RED WINGS 2, SENATORS 0OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Jonathan Bernier stopped 35 shots for his first shutout of the season as Detroit blanked Ottawa.Danny DeKeyser and Darren Helm scored for the Red Wings, who won their third straight and improved to 5-2-0 in their last seven games.Craig Anderson made 19 saves for the Senators, who are mired in a four-game losing streak. Ottawa has lost its last two games since returning from a nine-day break.BLUES 4, BLUE JACKETS 2COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists as St. Louis returned from the All-Star break and a bye week to beat Columbus.Ryan O’Reilly added a goal and an assist, Oskar Sundqvist also scored and Brayden Schenn had three assists for St. Louis. Rookie Jordan Binnington had 18 saves and improved to 6-1-1.Oliver Bjorkstrand and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored and Artemi Panarin had two assists for the slumping Blue Jackets, who have dropped a season worst five in a row. Joonas Korpisalo had 29 saves.PANTHERS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1SUNRISE Philadelphia Flyers Hoodies Authentic , Fla. (AP) — Mike Hoffman’s third-period goal put Florida ahead to stay and the Panthers defeated Vegas.Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist and Frank Vatrano also scored for the Panthers, who won for the fourth time in five games. James Reimer made 34 saves.Max Pacioretty scored for the Golden Knights, and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots.Vegas lost its fourth straight game for the first time in its short franchise history.ISLANDERS 4, KINGS 2UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Michael Dal Colle got the tiebreaking goal as New York scored three times in less than five minutes late in the third period to rally past Los Angeles.Casey Cizikas, Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson also scored to help the Islanders stretch their point streak to eight games (6-0-2). Ryan Pulock had assists on each of the third-period goals and Robin Lehner stopped 34 shots.Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, Ilya Kovalchuk also scored for Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick finished with 28 saves.LIGHTNING 3, RANGERS 2NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored in the second period to give Tampa Bay a three-goal lead, Louis Domingue stopped 31 shots in the victory over New York.Yanni Gourde and Erik Cernak also scored to help the league-leading Lightning get their 39th win and become the first team to reach 80 points this season.Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes had goals for the Rangers, and Mika Zibanejad had two assists. Henrik Lundqvist finished with 20 saves as New York lost for the second time in three games since the All-Star break.STARS 3, PREDATORS 1NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Blake Comeau and Mattias Janmark scored late in the third period to lift Dallas over Nashville.Tyler Seguin also scored for Dallas, which has won four straight. Radek Faksa and Esa Lindell each had two assists.Calle Jarnkrok scored for Nashville, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.BLACKHAWKS 4, WILD 3 Philadelphia Flyers Hats Authentic , OTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Erik Gustafsson scored his second goal of the game 1:19 into overtime to send Chicago past Minnesota.Alex DeBrincat and Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago, and Patrick Kane had an assist to extend his point streak to 11 games. Rookie goalie Connor Delia made 28 saves to help the Blackhawks win their fourth straight.Jason Zucker opened the scoring for Minnesota, while Mikko Koivu and Victor Rask each had tying goals in the third to push the game to overtime. Alex Stalock stopped 27 shots for the Wild.CANUCKS 5, AVALANCHE 1DENVER (AP) — Jake Virtanen and Antoine Roussel each had a goal and an assist as Vancouver raced to an early lead and defeated Colorado.Brock Boeser, Nikolay Goldobin and Tyler Motte also scored for the Canucks. Jacob Markstrom had 34 saves as Vancouver moved to 4-1-2 in its last seven games.Matt Calvert scored for Colorado, and Semyon Varlamov stopped 21 shots.The Canucks moved two points in front of Colorado in the Western Conference standings. The Avalanche have three wins in their last 20 games.SHARKS 3, COYOTES 2, OTSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brent Burns scored 3:14 into overtime and San Jose returned from a 10-day break to beat Arizona.Joe Pavelski and Kevin Labanc scored goals less than a minute apart in the second period and Martin Jones made 31 saves to help San Jose move within four points of first-place Calgary in the Pacific Division.Conor Garland and Josh Archibald scored for the Coyotes. Darcy Kuemper made 32 saves for Arizona to earn at least a point in his ninth straight start.