Brad Marchand scored twice and added an assist, leading the visiting Florida Panthers to a 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.
Anton Lundell added a goal and an assist and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers, who improved to 5-5-1 in their last 11.
Sam Reinhart added a pair of assists for his seventh multi-point game of the season.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 15 saves for his third shutout of the season and 52nd of his career.
With the victory, Florida improved to 15-9-3 all-time in Dallas.
Jake Oettinger stopped 19 shots to fall to 1-7-1 in nine starts against the Panthers.
The loss drops Dallas to 8-2-1 over its last 11 and 10-5-1 at home this season. The Stars have dropped back-to-back games after having their four-game winning streak snapped by the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
Marchand added his second of the night into an empty net at 17:12 of the third for his team-leading 18th. The 37-year-old has 27 points (15 goals, 12 assists) in 24 games against the Stars.
Florida outshot Dallas 13-7 in the second period and held a 3-0 lead heading into the third.
Lundell opened the scoring 19 seconds into the middle frame, outwaiting Oettinger and tucking it just inside the post for his ninth of the season.
Florida doubled its lead at 5:45 as the rebound off Carter Verhaeghe’s shot deflected off the leg of Bennett for his 10th of the season. With the helper, Verhaeghe has 16 points in his last 12 games.
Marchand made it 3-0 on power play with 15 seconds remaining in the period, one-timing a Reinhart pass.
Saturday was the teams’ second and final meeting of the season. Florida edged visiting Dallas 4-3 in a shootout Nov. 1.
–Field Level Media
