By ALLAN KREDA
NEWARK — Evgenii Dadonov and defenseman Thomas Harley scored first-period targets and Casey DeSmith made 31 saves because the Dallas Stars defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Saturday night time.
Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston additionally scored for Dallas within the groups’ first sport after the 4 Nations Face-Off match break.
Jack Hughes scored twice for New Jersey. Jesper Bratt and Dougie Hamilton assisted on each targets.
Dadonov opened the scoring at 3:58 of the primary along with his sixteenth purpose. Harley made it 2-0, beating Devils goaltender Jake Allen at 5:44 along with his tenth purpose of the season on an influence play. Harley leads all Stars defensemen with 30 factors.
Hughes ended DeSmith’s shutout bid with a power-play purpose on the 10-minute mark of the third earlier than Duchene restored the Stars’ two-goal margin 35 seconds later along with his twenty third of the season.
Hughes scored his team-leading twenty sixth of the season at 11:40 to make it 3-2.
Johnston scored into an empty internet at 19:50.
Allen made 22 saves in defeat.
TAKEAWAYS
Devils: New Jersey fell to 15-10-4 at residence and is 2-4-1 in its final seven residence video games. The Devils play their subsequent 5 video games on the street – together with a go to to Dallas on March 4.
Stars: Dallas improved its street report to 16-11-1.
KEY MOMENT
Dadonov’s opening purpose established momentum for the Stars, who’re second within the Central Division with 74 factors.
KEY STAT
Smith improved to 10-6-0. The veteran netminder joined Dallas as a free agent in July, backing up Jake Oettinger. His greatest save was point-blank cease on Bratt with slightly below 9 minutes left within the third.
UP NEXT
Each groups play Sunday. New Jersey is at Nashville, and Dallas is on the New York Islanders.
