Chris Kreider scored what proved to be the game-winning goal as the Anaheim Ducks snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.
Beckett Sennecke and Jacob Trouba had the other goals for Anaheim, and Lukas Dostal made 24 saves.
The Ducks ended their 0-8-1 skid and took two of three meetings against the Stars this season. The Tuesday result was just the second win in 13 games for Anaheim (2-9-2).
Roope Hintz tallied for the Stars, who lost in regulation for the first time in four contests (2-1-1). Casey DeSmith stopped 22 shots.
Dallas, which topped the host Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Monday night, dropped to 6-2-0 in the second half of back-to-back games this season. The Stars are 6-3-0 in their past nine visits to Anaheim.
Hintz pulled the Stars to within one with 2:12 remaining in the third period, one-timing a Matt Duchene feed past Dostal, but that was as close as Dallas would get.
Trouba added an empty-netter at 19:39.
Anaheim took a 2-0 lead at 12:03 of the third as Sennecke picked up a loose puck off the end boards and jammed home a backhander.
Kreider opened the scoring at 3:35 of the middle frame, snapping a shot blocker side past DeSmith.
Anaheim outshot Dallas 12-7 in a scoreless first period.
The Stars finished 0-for-3 with the man advantage, leaving them 0-for-7 on the power play over the past four games.
Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen missed the game due to a personal family matter, the team announced.
Ducks forwards Leo Carlsson (lower body) and Cutter Gauthier (illness) missed the Tuesday contest. Troy Terry (upper body) missed his third game in a row.
Next up for the Ducks is a home-and-home series against the Kings, starting on Friday in Los Angeles. The Stars conclude their six-game road trip in Utah on Thursday.
–Field Level Media
