Dallas Stars at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Dallas Stars

8-3-1

Final
5 - 2

Columbus Blue Jackets

4-6-3

Matt Duchene helps Stars rally from 2-goal deficit in a 5-2 victory over the Blue Jackets

Jason Robertson tallies goal vs. Blue Jackets

Mason Marchment, Craig Smith and Jason Robertson also scored, and Tyler Seguin contributed a goal and an assist. Duchene and Nils Lundkvist each added a pair of assists, and Jake Oettinger stopped 28 shots in his sixth win for Dallas. The Stars have 11 road points in eight games.

“We’ve been playing some good hockey as a group, but it’s crazy how much better we can play,” Seguin said. “We’re finding ways to get points, and we haven’t come close to hitting our stride.”

Boone Jenner and Kirill Marchenko scored, and Spencer Martin stopped 27 shots for Columbus, which has lost three straight and seven of its last eight games, including falling in Dallas on Oct. 30.

The Blue Jackets looked to dominate early with a pair of first-period goals. Jenner slid a pass from Johnny Gaudreau through traffic with 1:08 elapsed for his team-leading seventh goal of the season. Marchenko buried a feed from Adam Fantilli at 8:43 for his third goal in four games.

After that, it was all Dallas, which cut the lead in half less than two minutes later when Marchment scored from the slot off a give-and-go with Duchene.

Smith pulled the Stars even at 10:20 of the second period, and former Blue Jacket Duchene gave Dallas the lead with 3:26 left in the second after his shot got through Martin’s pads.

“Every time he hits the ice, he’s demanding the puck and he’s attacking the middle of the ice and holes in the defense and creating room for other people,” Stars coach Peter DeBoer said of Duchene. “He’s playing at a high level right now.”

Sequin made it 4-2 at 3:47 of the third period, and Robertson added an empty-netter at 17:04.

“They play a simple hard game,” Jenner said of the Stars. “We got away from our game a little bit and that’s what happens. They come back and we’re not able to get back in the game.”

Dallas is 6-0 when leading after two periods and has won seven of its last nine games against the Blue Jackets.

UP NEXT

Stars: Visit Winnipeg on Saturday night.

Blue Jackets: Visit Detroit on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

DAL wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 1:08	Boone Jenner Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Johnny Gaudreau (5), Jack Roslovic (6)
Goal	1st Period 8:43	Kirill Marchenko Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Adam Fantilli (5), Dmitri Voronkov (3)
Goal	1st Period 9:29	Mason Marchment Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Matt Duchene (4), Tyler Seguin (4)
Goal	2nd Period 10:20	Craig Smith Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Radek Faksa (1), Esa Lindell (4)
Goal	2nd Period 16:34	Matt Duchene Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Nils Lundkvist (3)
Goal	3rd Period 3:47	Tyler Seguin Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Nils Lundkvist (4), Matt Duchene (5)
Goal	3rd Period 17:04	Jason Robertson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Joe Pavelski (7)

Statistics

DAL		CBJ
9	Blocked Shots	20
6	Hits	18
5	Takeaways	5
31	Shots	29
0	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	1
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
31	Faceoffs Won	32
49.2	Faceoff Win Percent	50.8
3	Giveaways	2
2	Total Penalties	3
4	Penalty Minutes	6