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DeSmith Shuts Down Kings, Stars Cruise to 4-1 Win

  The Stars earned a crucial victory on home ice, defeating the Kings 4-1 on Monday night to break a two-game slide. It was a complete team effort, highlighted by a dominant offensive spread, with goals coming from Matt Duchene, Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston, and Oskar Back. Goaltender Casey DeSmith was stellar, providing the reliable netminding the Stars needed to lock down the win and hand the Kings their third consecutive loss. For the Kings, the defeat was compounded by bad luck: starting goaltender Darcy Kuemper was forced to leave the game early in the first period due to an injury, having made only five saves. While Andrei Kuzmenko scored the Kings' lone goal, the team was unable to generate enough offense to support relief netminder Anton Forsberg, resulting in a frustrating outcome for Los Angeles and a necessary, morale-boosting win for Dallas. Los Angeles Kings Lineup: Kuzmenko - Kopitar - Kempe Fiala - Turcotte - Moore Foegele - Laferriere - Armia Malott - Helenius - P...
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Overtime Thriller: Cirelli's Clutch Strike Extends Lightning Streak as Erne's First Star Goal Secures Point for Dallas

 

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A classic, low-scoring battle that highlighted the recent surge of both clubs culminated in overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars, 2-1. The hard-fought victory was sealed by Anthony Cirelli's dramatic breakaway goal at 2:36 of the extra frame, extending the Lightning's impressive winning streak to four games. For the Stars, the loss officially snapped their three-game winning run, but a critical point was secured thanks to a pivotal third-period tally: Adam Erne scored his first goal as a Star, which forced overtime and ensured Dallas left Florida with a valuable takeaway on a night that also celebrated Tyler Seguin's 1,000th career NHL game.


Dallas Stars Lineup:

Steel - Seguin - Rantanen

Robertson - Johnston - Bourque

Hryckowian - Faksa - Bastian

Erne - Blackwell


Lindell - Heiskanen

Harley - Lyubushkin

Bichsel - Petrovic

Capobianco


Oettinger

DeSmith


Tampa Bay Lightning Lineup:

Guentzel - Point - Kucherov

Hagel - Cirelli

Bjorkstrand - James - Goncalves

Girgensons - Gourde - Holmberg


Hedman - Moser

McDonagh - Cernak

D'Astous - Lilleberg

Raddysh


Vasilevskiy

Johansson


After a scoreless opening frame, Brandon Hagel opened the scoring 1-0, finding the back of the net for the third straight game when he struck on the power play at 4:58 of the second period. Off a follow-up of a shot by Gage Goncalves, Hagel slid the puck over the goal line. The goal was waved off, but after a video review initiated by the NHL Situation Room, it was determined that the puck crossed the goal line.


Adam Erne fired early into the third frame for his first goal as a Dallas Star, as well as his first goal since December 21, 2023, for the 30-year-old forward. He didn't play in the NHL last season. Erne knotted it up 1-1 at 17:57 when he redirected Alexander Petrovic's shot from the net front position.


The Stars and Lightning had to go into overtime to finish the game, and with 2:24 on the clock, Anthony Cirelli put the puck home. He picked up a loose puck off a turnover by Mikko Rantanen, starting a breakaway, and beat Jake Oettinger with a backhand for the 2-1 final.






Notes:

- Jake Oettinger made a total of 30 saves for Dallas.

- Andrei Vasilevskiy made a total of 20 saves for Tampa Bay.

- In his 1,000th NHL game, Tyler Seguin was 6-of-12 on face-offs in 21:48. ...Skating in his 1,000th NHL game, Seguin is the 410th player in league history to do so, and the second to reach this milestone this season (Adam Henrique, Edmonton Oilers).

- Nikita Kucherov was honored for scoring his 1,000th NHL point on Saturday. There was a pregame ceremony where he received a gold stick and a custom watch.


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