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Dallas Stars at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Duchene scores in the 3rd period as the Stars beat the Lightning 4-2

Roope Hintz scores on the power play for Dallas Stars

Jake Oettinger stopped 27 shots while improving to 11-3 on the season.

Anthony Cirelli scored twice for Tampa Bay, which had a five-game point streak. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves.

The Lightning had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 in the first period but Dallas answered both times on goals from Evgenii Dadonov and Miro Heiskanen.

It was 2-2 before Duchene and Hintz scored 58 seconds apart in the third.

Takeaways Stars: The Stars have allowed two-or-fewer goals 12 times in 19 games this season. Dallas has won five of six overall.

Lightning: Cirelli has scored in a career-best five consecutive games. But the Lightning power play, which was tops in the league last season, continues to struggle on home ice. It went 0 for 3 and has just two power-play goals on 25 chances in nine home games.

Key moment The Lightning turned over the puck in the offensive zone and allowed the Stars to head back up ice on a 3-on-1 rush. Duchene finished off the play from the bottom of the right circle, beating Vasilevskiy from a side angle for the winning goal.

Key stat Dallas recorded the 2,000th victory in franchise history, which includes 758 victories as the Minnesota North Stars. The Stars are the 10th franchise in NHL history to reach 2,000 wins.

Up next The Stars play at Carolina on Monday, and the Lightning host Colorado on Monday.

Regular Season Series

DAL leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 4:09 Anthony Cirelli Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (11), Mitchell Chaffee (4)
Goal 1st Period 6:05 Evgenii Dadonov Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Ilya Lyubushkin (6), Sam Steel (6)
Goal 1st Period 8:34 Anthony Cirelli Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Emil Lilleberg (6), Brandon Hagel (12)
Goal 1st Period 15:49 Miro Heiskanen Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Matt Duchene (12)
Goal 3rd Period 6:55 Matt Duchene Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Tyler Seguin (9)
Goal 3rd Period 7:53 Roope Hintz Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Wyatt Johnston (7), Jason Robertson (7)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/dal.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDAL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTB
16 Blocked Shots 9
10 Hits 31
2 Takeaways 3
28 Shots 29
1 Power Play Goals 0
3 Power Play Opportunities 3
33.3 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
29 Faceoffs Won 37
43.9 Faceoff Win Percent 56.1
17 Giveaways 16
3 Total Penalties 3
6 Penalty Minutes 6
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Victor Hedman, D Out Mar 25
Maxwell Crozier, D Injured Reserve Mar 19
Declan Carlile, D Injured Reserve Mar 14
Dominic James, C Injured Reserve Mar 5
Dallas Stars Dallas Stars Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Mikko Rantanen, RW Injured Reserve Mar 22
Roope Hintz, C Out Mar 7
Radek Faksa, C Injured Reserve Mar 6
Tyler Seguin, C Injured Reserve Feb 27

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Colorado 47 13 104 10
Dallas 43 17 97 11
Minnesota 40 20 92 12
Utah 37 29 80 6
Nashville 34 28 77 9
Winnipeg 30 29 72 12
St. Louis 29 30 69 11
Chicago 27 31 67 13

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 44 20 96 8
Tampa Bay 44 21 93 5
Montreal 39 21 88 10
Boston 40 24 88 8
Ottawa 38 24 85 9
Detroit 38 25 84 8
Toronto 31 29 75 13
Florida 35 32 73 3
Full Standings