National Hockey League
Dallas 3, Anaheim 2
When: 10:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 31, 2022
Where: Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Mitch Hunt
Attendance: 12385

Jamie Benn scored 53 seconds into overtime and the visiting Dallas Stars continued their late-season playoff push Thursday with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

Ryan Suter and Andrej Sekera also scored goals for Dallas, while goalie Jake Oettinger wound up with 21 saves after facing just five Anaheim shots through the midway point of the game. The Ducks had just 10 shots through two periods.

Benn netted the game-winner on a breakaway for his 17th goal of the season.

Jamie Drysdale and Kevin Shattenkirk each had a goal for the Ducks, while John Gibson made 32 saves as Anaheim's losing streak reached 11 games (0-8-3). The Ducks lost to the Stars for the second time in three days by the same 3-2 score.

Anaheim moved one game from a franchise-worst, 12-game winless streak. The Ducks went 0-8-4 over a stretch from December 2018 to January 2019.

Dallas once again moved into possession of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference, moving past Vegas. The Stars also grabbed the spot after their Tuesday victory at Anaheim before the Golden Knights took it back with a victory Wednesday.

The Stars established a 1-0 lead on a power play midway through the opening period when Suter scored his sixth of the season. Suter raced to a loose puck in front of the Anaheim goal and extended his reach to sweep the puck past Gibson.

Struggling to muster any offense, the Ducks caught a break with less than a minute remaining in the second period. Drysdale fired the puck behind the Stars' goal just inside the blue line from the right point. The puck rebounded off the end boards, crawled up the back of Oettinger's left leg and rolled back into the goal.

Sekera put the Stars on top again with just over four minutes remaining in the game when he skated through the slot, found a loose puck and put it past Gibson for his first of the season.

Shattenkirk scored through traffic with 3:21 to go, his eighth of the season, to tie the game 2-all.

Anaheim was playing without captain Ryan Getzlaf (lower-body injury).

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Dallas   Anaheim
Jamie Benn 1 Points Jamie Drysdale 1
Jamie Benn 1 Goals Jamie Drysdale 1
Miro Heiskanen 1 Assists Sam Carrick 1
Ryan Suter 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jake Oettinger .913 Save Percentage John Gibson .914
Jake Oettinger 21 Saves John Gibson 32
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Dallas 35 3 1-1 3-3 6 35
Anaheim 23 2 0-3 0-1 2 23
Upcoming Games
  • Anaheim will play their next game on the road against Arizona. The Ducks have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .317 after a loss.
  • Dallas will play their next game on the road against San Jose. The Stars have a W/L % of .595 after a win and .552 after a loss.