Stars 4, Ducks 3
DALLAS -- Left winger Antoine Roussel scored off a rebound with 1:28 remaining, and the Dallas Stars defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Tuesday at American Airlines Center.
Anaheim led 3-0 after one period before Dallas responded for three answered in the second to make it a 3-3 contest after 40 minutes.
Roussel's goal, his first of the season, came after Ducks goaltender Frederik Andersen denied an initial shot by Stars center Vernon Fiddler. Roussel was waiting at the near post to pounce, and he poked the puck into the back of the net.
Stars goaltender Antti Niemi stopped 17 of 20 shots for Dallas, including the final 10 shots he faced.
Dallas outshot Anaheim 17-2 in the third period.
Andersen turned away Stars right winger Valeri Nichushkin on a breakaway at 14:05 of the third and subsequent attempts by center Jason Spezza and Sharp.
Andersen stopped 30 of 34 shots before leaving the ice with one minute remaining.
Anaheim erupted for three goals over the final 5:16 of the first period to lead 3-0 after 20 minutes. Center Mike Santorelli ended the Ducks' scoreless streak at 143:20 with his second goal of the season with Anaheim on the power play at 14:44 of the first.
Santorelli scored when his snap from the edge of the left circle deflected off Stars defenseman Jordie Benn before landing in the back of the net. Anaheim went on the power play 57 seconds earlier after Fiddler was called for high sticking.
Center Shawn Horcoff then delivered his first goal of the season with 1:04 left in the first to make it 2-0. After right winger Jakob Silfverberg stole the puck from Dallas defenseman Johnny Oduya at the Dallas blue line, Oduya dove to try and intercept Silfverberg's attempted pass to center Andrew Cogliano.
However, the pass struck Oduya's stick and found Cogliano anyway. And as Oduya's slide took out Niemi at the near post, Cogliano fed Horcoff in the slot and he scored into the open net.
Anaheim added a third 50 seconds from the first intermission when left winger Carl Hagelin scored from the slot following another Dallas turnover. Ducks center Ryan Kesler dispossessed Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski behind the Dallas goal. After a quick pass to right winger Corey Perry, Perry fed Hagelin, who scored with a snap from the slot that deflected off Niemi's right pad and through his five-hole.
Dallas delivered three unanswered in the second to make it a 3-3 contest after 40 minutes. Left winger and captain Jamie Benn assisted on all three goals.
At 7:30 of the second, left winger Patrick Sharp scored his first goal as a Star with a snap from the slot to cap some nice, crisp passing between Spezza and Benn.
Center Cody Eakin then made it 3-2 with a short-handed goal at 15:27 when he scored off the rush. Benn fed Eakin with a solid backhand pass and Eakin scored from the slot with a wrist shot over the blocker of Andersen.
Dallas then tied it with 2:59 remaining in the second when defenseman John Klingberg scored on a tap-in at the near post. Benn picked up the secondary assist for his third of the period.
NOTES: Ducks LW Patrick Maroon and D Joe Piskula were scratched. ... Ducks C Ryan Getzlaf missed the game with appendicitis and is expected to miss between 4-12 days. ... Stars D Patrik Nemeth was scratched while D Jason Demers is serving the final game of a two-game suspension. ... Ducks LW Andrew Cogliano was appearing in his 631st consecutive game, the seventh-longest streak in NHL history. ... Stars G Antti Niemi started his sixth game of the season after relieving G Kari Lehtonen in the second period of a 6-2 loss to Florida on Saturday. ... Ducks C Shawn Horcoff spent two seasons in Dallas before signing with Anaheim this past offseason. ... Stars LW Jamie Benn is the first player in franchise history to start a season with points in six consecutive games. ... Ducks G Frederik Andersen, who also started Monday at Chicago, was starting his seventh game and first back-to-back of the season.