NHL Three Stars: Dallas scores seven; Canucks blank Predators

No. 1 Star: Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars

The Stars captain scored a goal and notched two assists in a 7-6 win over the New York Rangers. It was the first time the Stars had scored seven goals in a road game since Nov. 14, 2013. Benn now has 10 points in his last eight games and 38 points in 42 games this season. The Stars have given up 15 goals in their last three games, a stretch where they have gone 1-2-0.

No. 2 Star: Ryan Miller, Vancouver Canucks

Miller continued his recent resurgence with a 30-save shutout of the Nashville Predators in a 1-0 win. The victory by Vancouver broke a four-game losing skid and helped them improve to 48 points – tied with the Los Angeles Kings for the final Western Conference Wild Card spot though the Kings have two games in hand. Miller moved to 13-10-3 with a 2.54 goal-against average and .917 save percentage. His two shutouts this season have come in January.

No. 3 Star: Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks

Hossa notched three assists and was a plus-4 in the Blackhawks’ 6-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Chicago was down 4-3 entering the third period before they scored three unanswered goals. Hossa assisted on the game-winner and with his first assist, Hossa hit 600 for his career. The Blackhawks are now tied with the Minnesota Wild for most points in the Central Division at 61 – though the Wild have four games in hand on the Blackhawks.

Honorable Mention: Anaheim Ducks forward Rickard Rakell scored the overtime winner in his team’s 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. … The goal was Rakell’s team-leading 19th of the season. … Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf scored a goal. … Anaheim goaltender John Gibson stopped 27 of 28 shots on goal. … Canucks captain Henrik Sedin scored a goal for his 999th career NHL point. … Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped 25 of 26 Canucks shots on goal. … Calgary Flames forward Mikael Backlund scored two goals and added an assist in a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers. … Flames forwards Matthew Tkachuk and Michael Frolik each notched two assists. … Calgary forward Sean Monahan scored a goal and added an assist. … Panthers forward Vincent Trocheck scored two goals. … Florida forward Jared McCann notched two assists. … Blackhawks forward Tanner Kero scored two goals and added an assist. … Chicago forward Vinnie Hinostroza scored two goals. … Chicago forward Nick Schmaltz scored a goal and added an assist. … Avalanche forward Matt Duchene scored two goals. … Colorado forward Nathan MacKinnon notched two assists. … Avalanche forward Matt Nieto scored his first goal of the season. … New Jersey Devils forward Pavel Zacha scored his third goal of the season in a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild. … Devils forward Kyle Palmieri scored a goal and added an assist. … Forward Beau Bennett fired the game-winner for New Jersey at the 17:43 mark of the third period. … Wild forward Mikko Koivu notched two assists in the loss. … Wild forwards Jason Zucker and Erik Haula each scored a goal. … Minnesota defenseman Jared Spurgeon scored a gorgeous goal and added an assist. … Ottawa Senators forwards Mark Stone and Mike Hoffman each scored two goals in a 6-4 win over the St. Louis Blues. … Senators forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a goal and added an assist. … Senators forwards Tom Pyatt and Kyle Turris each notched two assists. … Blues forward Alexander Steen scored a goal and added an assist. … Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk scored a goal and added an assist. … Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews scored his 22nd goal of the season in his team’s 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. … Toronto forward James van Riemsdyk scored his 16th goal of the season. … Maple Leafs forwards Leo Komarov and Matt Martin also scored goals. … Sabres forward Kyle Okposo scored his 13th goal of the season. … Buffalo forward Evander Kane scored his 12th goal of the year. … Columbus Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky scored two goals in a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. … Columbus forward Boone Jenner scored a goal and added an assist. … Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson notched two assists. … Columbus defenseman Ryan Murray notched two assists. … Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 of 25 shots on goal. … Carolina forward Sebastian Aho scored his team’s only goal. … Stars forward Patrick Eaves scored a goal and added two assists in the win. … Dallas forward Cody Eakin notched a Gordie Howe hat trick. … Stars forward Patrick Sharp scored two goals. … Dallas forward Radek Faksa notched two assists. … Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello notched three assists. … New York forward Derek Stepan scored two goals and added an assist. …Rangers forward Chris Kreider notched his own Gordie Howe hat trick. … New York forward Pavel Buchnevich scored a goal and added two assists. … Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad scored two goals. … New York forward Rick Nash notched two assists.

Did you know? The Maple Leafs won when trailing by two-plus goals after the first period for the first time since Dec. 27, 2013 against the Sabres.

Dishonorable Mention: Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist allowed seven goals. … This was the first time Lundqvist has allowed five-plus goals in back-to-back games since Oct. 12-14, 2014. He has allowed 20 goals in his last four games played. … Florida Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo allowed four goals on 28 shots on goal. … Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford allowed four goals on 23 shots on goal. … Avalanche forward Jarome Iginla was a minus-4 in 8:46 of action. … Colorado forward Carl Soderberg and defenseman Nikita Zadorov were each a minus-3. … Wild forwards Zach Parise, Eric Staal and Jason Pominville were each a minus-3. … Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk allowed four goals on 26 shots on goal. … Senators forward Chris Kelly was a minus-3. … St. Louis goaltender Carter Hutton allowed five goals on 23 shots on goal. … Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner was pulled after allowing three goals on 16 shots on goal. … Hurricanes forwards Elias Lindholm and Brock McGinn and defenseman Ron Hainsey were all a minus-3. … Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was pulled after allowing four goals on 19 shots on goal. … Stars goaltender Antti Niemi allowed six goals on 28 shots on goal. He was pulled in the third period.

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