Stars survive OT penalties, beat Predators in shootout
DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars killed off two penalties in overtime, including 31 seconds of a 5-on-3, before beating the Nashville Predators 4-3 in a shootout at American Airlines Arena on Saturday.
Alexander Radulov and Tyler Seguin scored in the shootout and Ben Bishop made 29 saves to help Dallas (20-14-3) win back-to-back games and extend a four-game point streak.
Bishop stopped Filip Forsberg and Kevin Fiala in the shootout before Seguin scored in the third round.
Juuse Saaros made 25 saves for Nashville (21-9-5), which lost its third straight game.
Nashville took a 1-0 lead on its first shot 34 seconds into the game.
Alexei Emelin scored his first goal of the season on wrist shot from the slot that beat Bishop through a screen.
Calle Jarnkrok gave the Predators a 2-0 lead at 7:03 of the period on a short-handed wrist shot.
Dallas cut the lead to 2-1 at 12:13 of period when Seguin scored on the power play after a pass from Jamie Benn.
The Stars tied the game at 2-2 at 10:05 of the second period when Antoine Roussel batted a rebound out of mid-air after an initial shot by Radek Faksa.
Martin Hanzal gave Dallas a 3-2 lead at 13:18 of the second period. Gemel Smith set up the goal with a hard shot that rebounded to Hanzal for his third goal of the season.
Nashville's Ryan Johansen tied the game at 3-3 with a power-play goal at 4:45 of the third period.
NOTES: Peter Laviolette and the Predators coaching staff wore holiday suits on the bench after losing a bet to captain Roman Josi ... Miikka Salomaki, Pontus Aberg and Matt Irwin were the scratches for Nashville ... Brett Ritchie was the lone scratch for Dallas ... It was the last game before the NHL's three-day Christmas break. Dallas will play at Minnesota on Dec. 27. Nashville will host the St. Louis Blues that same night.