Stars 3, Wild 2 (OT)
DALLAS -- Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg capped a three-point night with the winner 3:18 into overtime in a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night at American Airlines Center.
Klingberg beat Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk, who stopped 33 of 36 shots, top shelf off the rush after a nice pass from center Tyler Seguin.
Center Jason Spezza and left winger Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas (13-4-0), which won its second straight.
Goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped 22 of 24 shots for Dallas.
Minnesota (10-3-3), which saw its three-game winning streak end, had goals from right winger Nino Niederreiter and defenseman Marco Scandella.
Benn scored 2:26 into the third period by redirecting a Klingberg wrist shot from near the Wild blue line for a power-play goal. Dallas was 24 seconds into a power play resulting from Wild center Charlie Coyle being whistled for hooking Dallas center Cody Eakin at 2:02 of the third.
Spezza gave Dallas an early lead with a power-play goal 7:41 into the game. Spezza redirected a Klingberg wrist shot from the high slot for his sixth goal of the season.
Dallas had one second remaining on the power play after Wild left winger Chris Porter was called for high-sticking Seguin at 5:40.
The Stars led 1-0 after the opening period.
Minnesota tied it 5:15 into the second when Niederreiter scored his sixth goal of the seasonon a deflection. Niederreiter got his stick on a wrist shot by defenseman Jared Spurgeon from the left point. After an official review to determine whether or not Niederreiter interfered with Lehtonen, the goal was ruled valid.
Wild defenseman Matt Dumba rang a slap shot from the left point off the far post at 9:01 of the second period with Minnesota on the power play.
It was 1-1 at the second intermission.
Scandella made it 2-2 with his third goal of the season, a wrist shot from the high slot that deflected off the right skate of Benn before beating Lehtonen high on his glove side.
With 1:05 in regulation, Lehtonen denied Niederreiter at the near post.
NOTES: Wild G Nicklas Backstrom and RW Brett Bulmer were scratched. Bulmer was recalled from AHL Iowa on Friday. ... Stars RW Patrick Eaves, D Jyrki Jokipakka and D Patrik Nemeth, currently on a conditioning assignment with AHL Texas, were scratched. ... Wild G Devan Dubnyk was starting his eighth consecutive game. ... Stars G Kari Lehtonen was starting his second consecutive game and fifth in the past six. ... These Central Division teams were facing one another for the first of five times this regular season. ... The Wild was playing its second contest of a four-game road trip. ... The Stars were playing the final game of a three-game homestand. ... Prior to the playing of the national anthem, the French national anthem was played and a moment of silence was observed. ... Stars LW Antoine Roussel is a native of France and wore a sticker of the French flag on his helmet.