Ducks 4, Stars 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Right wingers Corey Perry and Jakob Silfverberg joined defensemen Hampus Lindholm and Sami Vatanen in scoring goals during in the first period to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night in front of 16,201 at the Honda Center.
Goalie Frederik Andersen stopped 22 shots for the Ducks (19-17-7), who won their fourth in six games.
Left winger Jamie Benn scored his 26th goal for the Stars (29-12-4), but fellow left winger Patrick Sharp's 12-game streak with a point ended. Dallas sustained its fifth loss in six games and sixth in a row on the road.
Silfverberg began the scoring 3 minutes, 5 seconds into the game by redirecting defenseman Josh Manson's slap shot at the right post past goalie Kari Lehtonen for his fifth goal of the season and his second in two games. Left winger Carl Hagelin began the scoring sequence by intercepting Dallas defenseman Johnny Oduya's blind drop pass from the right corner intended for left winger Jamie Benn.
Then, 31 seconds later, Vatanen converted a wrist shot from the slot for his sixth goal to give the Ducks a 2-0 lead. Center Nate Thompson started the play by sending a pass from the Ducks' zone to right winger Andrew Cogliano. At the left boards, Cogliano spun away from Stars defenseman Jyrki Jokipakka before passing to Vatanen, who eluded left winger Antoine Roussel's checking from behind to score.
Lindholm extended the lead to 3-0 with a power-play goal at 15:04. Center Ryan Kesler passed the puck from the left post across the crease to Lindholm, who used a wrist shot from the right post of Lehtonen's stick to register his third goal.
Perry added his 17th goal 33 seconds later by redirecting defenseman Shea Theodore's pass from the inner edge of the left circle inside the right post.
The Ducks, who launched 19 shots on goal in the first period, had not scored four goals in any first period since Dec. 17, 2013, in a 5-2 road win against the Detroit Red Wings.
Dallas center Mattias Janmark broke the shutout with a short-handed goal 1:15 into the second period. Left winger Travis Moen intercepted Perry's pass in the neutral zone and freed Janmark for a breakaway that the Swedish center ended with his 10th goal, a wrist shot past Andersen.
Benn scored on a power play at 11:58 of the third period to break the Ducks' team record of 34 successive penalties killed. Benn received center Jason Spezza's pass between the right corner and the right post, and stuffed the puck under Andersen's right leg pad.
NOTES: Dallas scratched D Patrik Nemeth, D Jamie Oleksiak and C Colton Sceviour. ... Stars D Jason Demers played in his 400th NHL game. ... Stars RW Ales Hemsky returned to the lineup after missing the past six games with a lower-body injury. ... Stars LW Travis Moen played every game for the Ducks during the regular season and playoffs in 2006-07, when they won their only Stanley Cup. ... Anaheim scratched D Korbinian Holzer and RW Chris Stewart. ... The Ducks sent D Simon Despres to AHL San Diego on a conditioning assignment Thursday. Despres had been out of action since Oct. 16, when he suffered a concussion against the Colorado Avalanche.