DALLAS - Roope Hintz scored a breakaway goal with 1:21 left and the Dallas Stars beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night for their first win in five games this season against the NHL leaders. Hintz and Joe Pavelski each had a goal and two assists for the Stars, who lost to Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup Final last year. Stars coach Rick Bowness created a new top line by putting Pavelski with Hintz and Robertson, and it paid immediate dividends. Yanni Gourde and Alex Killorn scored the other goals for Tampa Bay, which leads second-place Carolina by three points in the Central. Pavelski and Robertson scored in the final 1:20 of the second period.

Source: thestar March 26, 2021 03:49 UTC