Klingberg's goal sends Stars past Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. -- John Klingberg scored with 1:07 left in regulation to lead the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.
Jamie Benn had a goal and assist for Dallas (26-29-10). Tyler Seguin had two assists and Jason Spezza had one.
Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen had 41 saves.
Jonathan Huberdeau scored for the Panthers (29-24-11). Marchessault and Aleksander Barkov had assists.
Florida goalie James Reimer made 32 saves.
With the score tied 1-1 in the third period, Benn kept a puck in near the blue line and passed to Seguin, who sent it to Klingberg. His high shot ended with his 11th goal and a 2-1 lead.
Benn scored his team-leading 24th goal at 11:01 of the first period when he tapped in a diagonal pass from Seguin in the right circle past Reimer, who came out to face Seguin and was out of position.
Spezza assisted on the play with a pass to Seguin from just inside the Stars' offensive zone.
Florida answered immediately with a power-play goal after Stephen Johns went off for tripping at 15:48.
The Panthers evened the score at 1 32 seconds later when Huberdeau whistled his fifth goal pass Lehtonen off a backhanded cross-ice feed from Marchessault.
The goal by Huberdeau gave him 12 points in 13 games since his return from a cut Achilles tendon suffered at a preseason game against the New Jersey Devils at West Point.
NOTES: Dallas scratched LW Antoine Roussel and D Greg Pateryn. RW Adam Cracknell (lower body) missed his fifth straight game. ... LW Remi Elie, 21, made his NHL debut for Dallas after the club lost Roussel to a hand injury in the team's 5-4 loss to the Islanders on Thursday. Roussel, who was hurt blocking a shot by New York D Johnny Boychuk, will miss the remainder of the season. ... The Panthers scratched D Jakub Kindl, G Roberto Luongo and centers Michael Sgarbossa and Denis Malgin. ... Florida recalled G Reto Berra, 30, from their AHL affiliate in Springfield. The Swiss netminder was 12-14-2 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage for the Thunderbirds. Luongo, injured in Philadelphia on Thursday, is expected to be out no more than a week. ... Florida hosted its final day of the three-day NHL Centennial celebration, a league-wide touring tribute celebrating 100 years of pro hockey. Fans could have their picture taken with the Stanley Cup, plus a fan arena and a miniature rink for kids to play ball hockey were also on the stadium premises.