Stars Defeat Bruins
Score and game flow
The Stars built a 4–0 lead through two periods and extended it to 6–0 early in the third before the Bruins scored twice to avoid the shutout. Dallas outshot Boston 37–18 and controlled 65% of faceoffs, underscoring a territorial advantage that never really wavered.
Wyatt Johnston opened the scoring on a power-play one-timer from the left circle at 16:08 of the first, followed by another man-advantage goal from Mavrik Bourque less than four minutes later. Esa Lindell’s second-period goal and Justin Hryckowian’s late-period marker sent Dallas to the intermission with a four-goal cushion.
Key performers for Dallas
Robertson delivered the knockout blow with his 28th and 29th goals of the season, scoring twice in a span of just over three minutes early in the third period. His first came on a wraparound at 3:15, and his second on a snap shot at 6:37 off a feed from Bourque.
Hryckowian recorded a goal and two assists, while Heiskanen finished with three assists, repeatedly jump-starting Dallas’s transition game and power play. Bourque added a goal and an assist, and Lindell, Johnston, Roope Hintz, Thomas Harley and Radek Faksa each contributed on the scoresheet.
Goaltender Jake Oettinger faced a relatively light workload, stopping 16 of 18 shots; his shutout bid ended when Morgan Geekie scored on a power-play tip with 7:49 remaining. Fraser Minten added Boston’s second goal late, but the outcome was no longer in doubt.
Bruins’ perspective and coaching reaction
Jeremy Swayman struggled behind a Bruins team that spent significant time killing penalties, allowing six goals on 34 shots before being replaced by Joonas Korpisalo in the third. Boston’s penalty trouble was costly, as the Stars scored twice on the power play in the opening period to seize control.
Bruins coach Marco Sturm acknowledged that his team was “pretty much chasing the game right from the hop,” noting that the combination of penalties and Dallas’s puck movement made it difficult to recover. The loss ended Boston’s six-game winning streak, during which it had allowed two or fewer goals in each contest.
Statistical notes and context
Dallas’s special teams and possession metrics highlighted the gap on the night: the Stars went 2-for-4 on the power play and held Boston to one power-play goal on limited opportunities. Their edge in shots and faceoffs contributed to extended offensive-zone time and sustained pressure.
The victory moved Dallas to 28–13–9 and kept the Stars near the top tier of the Western Conference, while Boston dropped to 28–20–2 but remained firmly in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The teams are not scheduled to meet again in the regular season, leaving this one-sided result as the lone head-to-head benchmark this year.
