Stars 4, Capitals 3
DALLAS -- Center Tyler Seguin scored two goals and goaltender Kari Lehtonen stopped 20 of 23 shots as the Dallas Stars defeated the Washington Capitals 4-3 at American Airlines Centeron Saturday, snapping the Capitals' five-game winning streak.
Besides Seguin, fellow center Mattias Janmark and left winger Jamie Benn scored for Dallas (36-15-5), who won its third straight game and beat the Capitals for a ninth consecutive time.
Left winger and captain Alex Ovechkin, right winger Justin Williams and left winger Andre Burakovsky scored for Washington (40-10-4), who trailed 4-0 after two periods before scoring three unanswered goals in the third period to make things interesting.
Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby stopped 21 of 25 shots before being replaced by backup Philipp Grubauer to begin the third period.
Ovechkin scored his league-leading 35th goal to break the shutout 4:03 into the third period when he tucked a one-timer slap shot inside the far post with the Capitals on the power play.
Williams made it 4-2 when he scored his 18th of the season with a wrist shot that beat Lehtonen top shelf to the far post. Williams was inexplicably left open at the red line, received a pass from defenseman Nate Schmidt and skated in uncontested to make it a two-goal game.
Burakovsky made it 4-3 with his 11th goal of the season with 6:06 remaining, beating Lehtonen far post from the slot.
Grubauer, who stopped all 10 shots he faced in relief of Holtby, headed to the bench with 1:45 remaining but Washington couldn't find a fourth goal despite the extra attacker as Lehtonen made several huge saves late to help preserve the win.
NOTES: C Michael Latta of the Capitals was scratched from the lineup, as were D Jyrki Jokipakka and D Jamie Oleksiak of the Stars. ... The Capitals were concluding a three-game trip. ... Dallas placed LW Travis Moen (lower body) on injured reserve. Moen sustained the injury during a 4-2 win at Chicago on Thursday. ... After the morning skate, Capitals coach Barry Trotz said it is up to D Brooks Orpik (lower body) as to when he returns to the lineup. Orpik, who last played on Nov. 10 at Detroit, missed his 40th consecutive game on Saturday. ... Stars D Jason Demers, who missed Thursday's win in Chicago due to illness, returned to the ice and took his customary spot in Dallas' second pair alongside D Johnny Oduya. ... Capitals RW Stanislav Galiev ended a string of five straight games as a healthy scratch, skating on the right side of the fourth line.