Matt Duchene scored twice to lead the visiting Dallas Stars past the St. Louis Blues 4-3 Tuesday night.
Thomas Harley scored the decisive Dallas goal with a deflected shot from the right point with 1:07 left.
Roope Hintz also scored for the Stars, who defeated the Blues for the second time in five days. Dallas won consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 19 and 21.
Jason Robertson earned two assists for Dallas and Jake Oettinger made 23 saves.
Brayden Schenn scored twice for the Blues, whose winless streak reached five games (0-4-1). Robby Fabbri also scored, Jimmy Snuggerud had two assists and Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for St. Louis.
The Blues lost wingers Jake Neighbours (lower-body injury) and Jordan Kyrou (upper-body injury) during the game.
Dallas took a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 3:20 into the second period. Mikko Rantanen made a diagonal no-look pass from the right circle to Duchene at the left post for a tap-in.
Duchesne caught a break to make it 2-0 just 40 seconds later. He sent a centering pass toward Jamie Benn at the left post, but the puck caromed off Blues defenseman Logan Mailloux into the net.
Hintz increased the Dallas lead to 3-0 with 1:54 left in the second period. He scored with a one-time blast off Robertson’s pass from the left boards.
Robby Fabbri cut the lead to 3-1 at the 3:15 mark of the third period by taking a pass from Justin Faulk and scoring from the slot. The Stars made an unsuccessful offsides challenge, resulting in a St. Louis power play.
The Blues didn’t score with the man advantage, but they scored shortly thereafter to cut the lead to 3-2. Snuggerud made a cross-ice pass to Schenn, who scored from the left faceoff dot.
Schenn tied the game 3-3 with 4:10 to play. A Stars clearing attempt caromed to Snuggerud, who once again set up Schenn in the left circle.
But Harley decided the game with his slap shot through traffic.
–Field Level Media
