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WINNIPEG Youth Jamie McGinn Jersey , Manitoba (AP) — The results this season show that Dallas has figured out the Winnipeg Jets. Stars forward Radek Faksa doesn’t agree.Faksa and Tyler Seguin each scored a pair of goals and the Stars snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Jets on Monday.The Stars, who won the season series with the Jets 3-1, hold the first wild card in the Western Conference and could possibly face the Jets in the first round of the playoffs. Winnipeg is in first place in the Central Division, two points up on Nashville, with a game in hand.“It’ll be tough for sure,” Faksa said of a possible post-season meeting. “Winnipeg is one of the best teams in the league, and I would say playoffs is a way different season than a regular season, so it’ll be way different games than in the regular season.”Esa Lindell also scored and Alexander Radulov had two assists for the Stars (39-31-6), who maintained their hold on the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference.Dallas’ Ben Bishop stopped 21 shots.Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist and Patrik Laine ended a 12-game scoring drought with his 30th goal of the season.Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for the Jets.“I don’t think it was good. That’s the way we can’t play,” Laine said. “I think we were just assuming that the game is gonna come to us but it doesn’t work that way.“We gotta work hard for every single chance and not give them anything. Yeah, that wasn’t a very good game from us.”Dallas dominated the second period Womens Jared McCann Jersey , scoring three goals in less than a five-minute span.“Tonight (the Stars) played with desperation,” Connor said. “They’re fighting for their lives for a playoff spot and tonight we didn’t match that.”The Stars got their first power play of the game early in the second, but couldn’t capitalize on five shots. However, a minute after the power play ended, Dallas hit its stride.Lindell’s shot from the top of the circle went by Hellebuyck’s blocker at 10:27.Faksathen went in alone and beat Hellebuyck high on the glove side at 12:23.The Stars then had a two-man advantage and Seguin notched his 30th goal of the season with a shot on the blocker side at 15:16.Seguin scored his second goal on the power play at 10:34, adding to a four-game point streak that includes four goals and four assists.“We’ve been playing well lately, you know we just haven’t gotten the results,” Bishop said. “It’s nice to get the result tonight.”Winnipeg responded with a burst 29 seconds later as Connor notched his 33rd goal of the season.“We didn’t have anywhere near the hop or jump we had the other night and couldn’t find it,” Jets head coach Paul Maurice said.Laine blasted a one-timer past Bishop at 15:10 that closed the gap to 4-2, but Faksaput the puck into an empty net with 40 seconds remaining for the final margin.NOTES: Seguin has scored 30 or more goals in five of his last six seasons. … Bishop earned the 200th win of his career.UP NEXTStars: At Calgary on Wednesday.Jets: Host the New York Islanders on Thursday. DALLAS (AP) — Jamie Benn kept up his scoring binge and helped the Dallas Stars get another win.Benn scored his fifth goal in six games, and the Stars beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Monday night.“Jamie Benn has been phenomenal all year Jonathan Huberdeau Jersey ,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. “It’s getting close to 10 games now that he’s winning so many battles. When your best players are your hardest workers you start to see the team build.”Jason Dickinson, Brett Ritchie and Esa Lindell also scored in the Stars’ third straight win. Mattias Janmark had two assists and Anton Khudobin stopped 28 shots.Jujhar Khaira spoiled Khudobin’s shutout bid with 5:24 left in the third and Mikko Koskinen finished with 21 saves as the Oilers snapped a three-game win streak. Edmonton’s streak started with a 1-0 overtime win at home over Dallas last Tuesday.Ritchie returned to the lineup after missing five games as a healthy scratch. He assisted on Dickinson’s first-period goal and then scored his first of the season at 1:51 of the third period for a 2-0 lead.“We talked to (Ritchie) about his puck possession needs to be better,” Montgomery said, “and the first goal of the game he wins a forecheck, moves it, protects it, which ended up being the goal.”Ritchie said he learned during his hiatus from the ice.“There’s a lot you can learn, a lot you can work on to make sure you’re ready,” he said. “It was just a matter of me getting my legs under me early and just getting back in the flow.”Edmonton coach Ken Hitchcock said Ritchie’s goal was a difference maker.“When they got their second goal, that took some wind out of our sails. We played a hell of a hockey game for almost 40 minutes. And no reward for it. You’re not going to win scoring one goal on the road.”Benn scored his team-leading 12th goal on the power play at 7:24 of the third, tipping a pass from Gavin Bayreuther past Koskinen to push the lead to 3-0. The Stars were 1 for 2 on the power play after going 2 for 29 with a man advantage over the previous 10 games.Montgomery said the Dallas power play helped even while coming up empty on a second-period advantage.“I thought we were kind of flat until we got that power play. The power play gave us a lot of momentum.”Lindell capped the scoring with an unassisted Keith Yandle Jersey , short-handed, empty-net goal with 2:14 left by sending the puck the length of the ice with the Oilers skating 6-on-4.The Stars’ first goal came at 10:59 of the opening period. Ritchie dug the puck out of the left corner to Janmark in the left faceoff circle. Janmark passed across to Dickinson at the right of the net for an easy snap shot into the open right side of the net for his fifth.Each team had a good scoring chance in the second period, but neither scored. Khudobin stopped a wrist shot by Jesse Puljujarvi, who then took the rebound and hit the crossbar. On a 2-on-1 during the period’s only power play, Dallas’ Tyler Seguin kept the puck but hit the crossbar behind Koskinen.At 1:51 of the third period, Janmark passed from the slot across to Ritchie to the left of the net. Ritchie scored his first goal of the season by fitting the puck between Koskinen and the left goalpost.NOTES: Edmonton C Connor McDavid and C Ryan Spooner missed the game because of illness. Stars coach Jim Montgomery said McDavid’s absence helped Dallas. “We never had to be aware of him on the ice.” … Hitchcock returned to Dallas for the first time since coaching the Stars last season. The Edmonton native took over the Oilers on Nov. 20. … The Stars are 8-0-1 vs. Pacific Division this season, including 1-0-1 vs. the Oilers. … The teams’ final meeting will be on March 28 at Edmonton.UP NEXTOilers: At St. Louis on Wednesday night in the second game of a two-game trip.Stars: Host San Jose on Friday night to complete a two-game homestand.
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