{"id":476527,"date":"2025-12-28T06:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/476527\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T06:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:25:17","slug":"dallas-stars-drop-second-straight-game-in-shootout-to-nhl-worst-chicago-blackhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/476527\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars drop second straight game in shootout to NHL-worst Chicago Blackhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Rookie Nick Lardis scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\">Dallas Stars<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Blackhawks, last in the overall NHL standings, snapped a six-game losing streak. The Stars, second in the overall standings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2025\/12\/23\/stars-winning-streak-snapped-as-red-wings-pull-away-in-back-and-forth-battle-in-detroit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2025\/12\/23\/stars-winning-streak-snapped-as-red-wings-pull-away-in-back-and-forth-battle-in-detroit\/\">lost a second consecutive game after regulation<\/a> following a four-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice, former Star Jason Dickinson added a goal and Arvid Soderblom made 28 saves through overtime for the Blackhawks. Soderblom, getting his 12th start with Chicago beginning a back-to-back, snapped a personal five-game skid during which he allowed 29 goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, and Nils Lundkvist and Justin Hrychowian also scored for the Stars. Jake Oettinger stopped 30 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Chicago won for the first time since star forward Connor Bedard was sidelined by a shoulder injury on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Lardis, playing his sixth NHL game, sent the puck past Oettinger in his first NHL shootout attempt. He was one of five rookies in the Blackhawks\u2019 lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Bertuzzi has a team-high 18 goals and ended a seven-game pointless streak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">For Lundkvist, who missed 25 games with a lower-body injury, it was his first goal since the season-opening game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Rantanen has 39 assists this season, second in the NHL, and has a six-game point streak (2-10-12).<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Hryckowian has a five-game point streak (3-2-5).<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas\u2019 Wyatt Johnston had three assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Chicago\u2019s Alex Vlasic had two assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">In a matchup of standout special teams, Dallas\u2019 power play went 0 for 4 against Chicago\u2019s penalty kill \u2013 ranked fourth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The teams will meet again in Chicago on New Year\u2019s night.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Blackhawks:<\/b> Host Pittsburgh on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Stars:<\/b> Host Buffalo on New Year\u2019s Eve following a second consecutive three days off.<\/p>\n<p>Agony of defeat: See photos from Stars&#8217; shootout loss to Blackhawks<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3500 \/ 2333\"   class=\"dmnc_generic-gallery-swiper-module__Kyr7i w-full h-full object-cover absolute left-1\/2 dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"3500\" height=\"2333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KXUNDXVZTBH7DOELHFNGWGJYY4.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Blackhawks left wing Tyler Bertuzzi (59) scores a goal against Dallas Stars...\"\/>View Gallery<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__DAHnF list-disc\"><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2025\/12\/27\/stars-jason-robertson-us-hockey-olympic-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stars forward Jason Robertson named potential sleeper pick for U.S. Olympic roster<\/a><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2025\/12\/26\/dallas-stars-chicago-blackhawks-how-to-watch-preview-american-airlines-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stars-Blackhawks preview: Can Dallas return to win column in front of its home crowd?<\/a><\/ul>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Find more Stars coverage from <\/b><b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b><b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rookie Nick Lardis scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":476528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,19491,1596,1320,71991,293,62,4810,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-476527","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-mikko-rantanen","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-stars","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115795770577464565","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476527","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=476527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}