Sabres at Stars
The Dallas Stars began their six-game homestand with three straight defeats before ending a four-game overall slide by topping Winnipeg in the final contest before the All-Star break. The club hopes to pick up where it left off as it resumes the stretch at American Airlines Center on Wednesday against the Buffalo Sabres.
Tyler Seguin ended his three-game point drought in the win over the Jets, recording a goal and an assist to pull even with captain Jamie Benn (18) for the team lead in the former category and Alexander Radulov (27) for first on the club in the latter. The 26-year-old Seguin, who tops the Stars with 45 points, is closing in on his sixth consecutive 20-goal season and the seventh overall in his career. Buffalo is wrapping up a five-game road swing during which it is 2-2-0 after edging Columbus 5-4 on Tuesday. Evan Rodrigues tallied in the victory and brings a four-game streak into Wednesday's matchup after scoring only two goals over his first 39 contests this season.
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ABOUT THE SABRES (25-18-6): Rodrigues also set up Conor Sheary's game-winning goal early in the third period on Tuesday for his third two-point performance of the campaign and first since Nov. 21 versus Philadelphia. Sheary, who is in his first season with Buffalo, ended his 11-game drought with just his second tally in 29 contests following a three-game streak from Nov. 3-8. Jeff Skinner scored his team-leading 31st goal on Tuesday and is six away from tying the career high he set in 2016-17 with Carolina.
ABOUT THE STARS (24-21-4): What goes around, comes around - especially in the case of Jamie Oleksiak, who was re-acquired from Pittsburgh on Monday for the same 2019 fourth-round draft pick Dallas obtained from the Penguins for him in December 2017. The 26-year-old defenseman, who was selected 14th overall by the Stars in the 2011 draft, recorded four goals and seven assists in 36 games with Pittsburgh this season. Fellow blue-liner Marc Methot underwent successful season-ending surgery to repair a cartilage defect in his left knee on Monday.
OVERTIME
1. The Stars scored more goals in their victory over Winnipeg (four) than they totaled during their losing streak (three).
2. Buffalo rookie D Rasmus Dahlin notched two assists Tuesday for his sixth multi-point effort of the season, joining Phil Housley (13) and Bobby Orr (eight) as the only defensemen in NHL history to record at least six before their 19th birthday.
3. Dallas placed C Tyler Pitlick (upper body) on injured reserve and recalled LW Roope Hintz from Texas of the American Hockey League.