{"id":361487,"date":"2025-11-07T05:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/361487\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T05:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:34:16","slug":"dallas-stars-point-streak-snapped-as-rush-defense-costs-them-in-loss-to-anaheim-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/361487\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars\u2019 point streak snapped as rush defense costs them in loss to Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite a hot start and elite performance by the power play, the Dallas Stars<\/a> couldn\u2019t hold onto a lead once again. <\/p>\n

The Stars fell 7-5 to the Anaheim Ducks in a high-scoring affair at American Airlines Center on Thursday after a crushing second period where the Ducks outscored the Stars 4-1. The loss snapped a seven-game points streak<\/a> for the Stars dating back to Oct. 23.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe damage was done in the second,\u201d Stars head coach Glen Gulutzan said. \u201cGoing into the third is big in this league, if you\u2019re leading going into the third, you look at the percentages, you\u2019ve got a very good chance to win. And we didn\u2019t do that in the second.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Stars have been outscored 35-30 in second and third periods this season while tying opponents 9-9 in the first.<\/p>\n

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In the Stars\u2019 recent stretch of games, however, it had been the opposite situation. Before Thursday, the Stars had sacrificed the first goal in eight of their last nine games. But they overcame that trend when Wyatt Johnston<\/a> scored twice on the power play in the first frame. <\/p>\n

Anaheim came out hot in the second period, scoring two goals in the first 2:48, including one on the power play to tie the game up.<\/p>\n

Tyler Seguin<\/a> regained the lead for the Stars midway through the period, scoring his first regular-season goal against the Ducks in 30 career matchups. <\/p>\n

But the Ducks scored another two goals in the middle frame, including a second on the power play. Dallas\u2019 penalty kill, which has been so consistent in recent years, ranks 25th in the NHL at just 71.8% this season. <\/p>\n

Both in 5-on-5 and the penalty kill, the Stars did not protect well against the Ducks\u2019 rush. All four of Anaheim\u2019s second-period goals came in transition.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur game plan against a very good rush team was to limit the amount of rushes, and then we started extending our shifts and turning pucks over, so our second buried us,\u201d Gulutzan said.<\/p>\n

The Ducks added a fifth goal just 16 seconds into the third period, Chris Kreider\u2019s second of the day.<\/p>\n

Mikko Rantanen<\/a> extended his goal streak to three games, scoring on a Stars\u2019 third-period power play. The Stars\u2019 power play finished 3 for 5 on the day, and Dallas now has 12 power-play goals in the last eight games.<\/p>\n

But Dallas\u2019 power play made the ultimate mistake, sacrificing a shorthanded goal to Leo Carlsson in the third period when the Stars had the chance to tie the game. <\/p>\n

Roope Hintz, returning to the lineup after missing the last five games<\/a>, added one last goal for the Stars late in the third period. But with just over three minutes to play, Dallas couldn\u2019t find the equalizer to force overtime. Anaheim iced the game with an empty netter. Seven goals is the most the Stars have allowed in a game this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve been searching a little bit, especially for 5-on-5 offense, but one thing we\u2019ve been proud of is we have been pretty stingy defensively, so that\u2019s the disappointment from tonight,\u201d Seguin said.<\/p>\n

Rantanen, Johnston, Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen all finished with multiple points.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t Jake Oettinger\u2019s best night, as the goaltender allowed six goals on 23 shots in his first game back since paternity leave.<\/p>\n

In addition to Hintz, the Stars also returned Radek Faksa to the lineup, who missed Tuesday\u2019s game against Edmonton with an illness. But the Stars couldn\u2019t capitalize on having a healthier lineup than they\u2019ve had in weeks.<\/p>\n

The Ducks haven\u2019t qualified for the playoffs since 2017, but leading the Pacific Division, Anaheim looks far improved and poised for their best season in nearly a decade. <\/p>\n

The schedule doesn\u2019t get any easier for Dallas, which plays three games in four days and a back-to-back this weekend on the road at Nashville on Saturday and at home against Seattle on Sunday. <\/p>\n

Find more Stars coverage from <\/b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite a hot start and elite performance by the power play, the Dallas Stars couldn\u2019t hold onto a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":361488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,19491,1596,1320,62296,71991,293,95633,62,4810,358,3187,123521,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,123520],"class_list":{"0":"post-361487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-american-airlines-center","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-stars","12":"tag-jason-robertson","13":"tag-mikko-rantanen","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-roope-hintz","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-stars","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-tyler-seguin","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa","27":"tag-wyatt-johnston"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115506791453772079","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}