Dallas Stars vs San Jose Sharks Match Player Stats On Mar 26, 2024

Wyatt Johnston had two goals and an assist and the visiting Dallas Stars retook sole possession of first place in the Central Division with a 6-3 win against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

Jason Robertson also scored two goals, Jamie Benn had a goal and two assists, Mason Marchment scored and Scott Wedgewood made 17 saves for Dallas (45-19-9, 99 points), which won its fifth game in a row.

The Stars moved two points ahead of the Avalanche for the top spot in the Central after the Montreal Canadiens ended Colorado's nine-game winning streak with a 2-1 win earlier Tuesday.

William Eklund had a goal and an assist, Alexander Barabanov and Klim Kostin also scored, Mikael Granlund added two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 35 shots for the Sharks (16-47-8, 40 points), who have lost eight in a row (0-7-1).

Johnston scored on a short-handed breakaway to give Dallas a 1-0 lead at 12:06 of the first period.

Benn recorded an assist on the goal to extend his point streak to seven games.

Marchment made a move to get around a defender in the neutral zone and another above the right circle before scoring his 20th goal of the season for a 2-0 lead at 16:28 of the first period.

He became the seventh Dallas player with at least 20 goals this season, a team record.

Both teams scored three goals each in the second period.

Robertson tallied 14 seconds into the period to extend the lead to 3-0, but Barabanov answered 40 seconds later off a feed from Eklund behind the net.

The Sharks were on a power play when Eklund scored on a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle off a feed from Thomas Bordeleau to cut it to 3-2 at 2:00.

Johnston made a pass from behind the net that was deflected into the air and Benn batted it into the net with a backhand to re-establish the two-goal lead at 8:05. Kostin scored 53 seconds later with a wrist shot from the left circle off a drop pass from Granlund to cut the deficit to 4-3.

Johnston got behind the defense and Benn fed him for a breakaway that made it 5-3 lead at 10:13.

At 11:44 of the third period, Robertson added another power-play goal to make it 6-3.

--Field Level Media