Seguin's hat trick helps Stars douse Flames
DALLAS -- Tyler Seguin had a hat trick and Ben Bishop stopped 34 shots for the Dallas Stars in a 6-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday night at American Airlines Center.
Seguin scored once in the second period and twice in the third. His second goal, the eventual game-winner with 5:57 remaining, was the 200th of his career. Seguin added an empty-netter with 1:00 remaining.
Antoine Roussel, Alexander Radulov, who added an assist, and Gemel Smith also scored for Dallas (12-10-1, 25 points), which also got two assists from John Klingberg. The Stars are now 9-2-0 at home.
Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist, and Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and two assists for the Flames (12-9-1, 25 points), who also got a goal from Michael Ferland.
Dallas took a 1-0 lead to the first intermission when Roussel scored with 1:38 remaining in the opening period, sending a wrist shot over the right shoulder of Mike Smith, who stopped 35 shots.
Calgary tied it early in the second when Ferland beat Bishop far post on a one-timed slap shot from outside the top of the left circle.
The Flames took their first lead when Gaudreau scored 2:53 into the second after dispossessing Dan Hamhuis inside the Dallas zone and beating Bishop far post from the right circle.
Dallas answered with an equalizer at 4:20 of the second from Seguin, who took Mattias Janmark's pass at the near post and knocked the puck out of the air.
With 12:28 remaining in the second, Dallas defenseman Stephen Johns caught a skate blade in the ice, fell and banged his head into the boards near the Stars bench. Johns left with an upper-body injury and did not return.
Calgary regained the lead with 2:29 remaining when Monahan scored a power-play goal off a rebound. Bishop denied Gaudreau's initial shot, but Monahan scored from the slot.
Dallas tied it again at 3-3 with 1:30 remaining in the second when Radulov scored off a rebound.
Monahan gave the Flames a 4-3 lead with his second in the game off the rush 6:04 into the third period.
One minute later, Dallas had 1:20 of 5-on-3 hockey, but was unable to convert.
Smith tied it for the Stars with his second goal of the season with 7:48 remaining. Seguin then gave Dallas back the lead with his second of the night.
NOTES: The Flames scratched D Matt Bartkowski, C Freddie Hamilton and C Matt Stajan. ... The Stars scratched LW Remi Elie and D Jamie Oleksiak. ... Prior to the game, Dallas raised the No. 26 of former forward Jere Lehtinen to the rafters. Part of Dallas' 1999 Stanley Cup winner, Lehtinen spent all 14 of his NHL seasons with the Stars and is the fifth player to have his number retired in franchise history. The Stars players wore Lehtinen jerseys during pre-game warmups.