Stars 6, Hurricanes 5
DALLAS -- Left winger Jamie Benn scored a goal and added three assists and center Tyler Seguin had a goal and four assists to lead the Dallas Stars past the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 on Tuesday at American Airlines Center.
Stars right winger Patrick Sharp scored the game-winner with 19 seconds remaining in regulation on a slap shot from the right point that went in through Hurricanes backup goaltender Eddie Lack, who had replaced starter Cam Ward to begin the second period.
Dallas, which led 4-1 after one period and 5-1 after two, went on the power play with 1:34 remaining after Hurricanes center Victor Rask, who had three assists, was whistled for tripping.
Carolina responded with four unanswered in the third period, two power-play goals from defenseman Justin Faulk, who leads the NHL with 11 power-play goals, and one each from left winger Phillip Di Giuseppe, the first of his career, and center Jeff Skinner.
Faulk scored his first of two 2:21 into the third when he collected his own rebound for a power-play goal. Dallas issued a coach's challenge that goaltender Kari Lehtonen was interfered with, but the goal was deemed valid.
Di Giuseppe scored at 3:34 of the third with a wrist shot that beat Lehtonen low and to his short side.
Faulk added a second tally at 8:26 of the third when he beat Lehtonen with a slap shot from near the Dallas blue line.
Skinner made it 5-5 with a wrist shot from the left circle that beat Lehtonen high and to his short side with 6:43 remaining, chasing Lehtonen from the game.
Lack stopped 10 of 12 shots in relief of Ward.
The Stars victimized the Hurricanes for two goals in 26 seconds in the first period and led 4-0 after one period. Right winger Patrick Eaves scored his first of the season on a one-timer from the left circle 6:29 into the game.
Benn made it 2-0 with his NHL-leading 19th goal of the season, ending his goalless streak at three games.
Defenseman Johnny Oduya made it 3-0 with a well-placed wrist shot from near the Carolina blue line that deflected off Hurricanes defenseman Ron Hainsey and Ward's glove.
Seguin scored his 15th of the season 1:16 before the first intermission on a power-play goal.
Carolina coach Jim Peters made a change in goal to begin the second period, bringing on Lack.
The Hurricanes made it a three-goal game 3:10 into the second period when defenseman Jaccob Slavin scored his first career goal off a rebound.
Nichushkin scored his fourth goal of the season 34 seconds prior to the second intermission to make it 5-1. Nichushkin's wrist shot from the slot struck Lack in his right shoulder and crossed the goal line as Lack was falling backward. It was originally called no goal on the ice as play had been whistled dead, but after a short review, the call was reversed.
NOTES: Hurricanes D Michal Jordan and LW Chris Terry were scratched. ... Stars D Jason Demers (lower body), D Jyrki Jokipakka and LW Travis Moen were scratched. ... Stars RW Patrick Eaves played 85 games for Carolina in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. ... Hurricanes G Cam Ward was starting his third consecutive game. ... Dallas went 2-0-2 in its recently concluded four-game road trip, already the Stars' third four-game trip of the season. ... Hurricanes G Eddie Lack, who served as Ward's backup on Tuesday, was teammates with Stars LW Antoine Roussel on the Chicago Wolves of the AHL in 2011-12.