Hintz scores late, Stars edge Lightning 4-3 in Cup rematch

<p>DALLAS &mdash; Roope Hintz scored a breakaway goal with 1:21 left and the Dallas Stars beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night for their first win in five games this season against the NHL leaders.</p>
<p>Hintz and Joe Pavelski each had a goal and two assists for the Stars, who lost to Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup Final last year. Miro Heiskanen and rookie Jason Robertson also scored for Dallas. </p>
<p>Ondrej Palat had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who had won five straight. Yanni Gourde and Alex Killorn scored the other goals for Tampa Bay.</p>
<p>Andrei Vasilevskiy made 39 saves, but his franchise-record 12-game winning streak was snapped. It was Vasilevskiy’s first career loss to Dallas in regulation (8-1-3).</p>
<p>Palat collected a loose puck by the crease and scored at 15:10 of the third period to tie it 3-all.</p>
<p>Pavelski and Robertson scored in the final 1:20 of the second period. Rookie goaltender Jake Oettinger stopped 23 shots for the Stars.</p>
<p>Gourde and Killorn scored off rebounds in a four-minute span early in the second. Gourde has a goal in five straight games. </p>
<p>Dallas rallied from a 2-0 deficit with three second-period goals, beginning with Heiskanen’s breakaway backhander that was the Stars’ first 5-on-5 score this season against Tampa Bay. </p>
<p>Pavelski tied it at 18:40 with his NHL-best 11th power-play goal of the season, over Vasilevskiy’s right shoulder.</p>
<p>Robertson gave Dallas a 3-2 lead on a one-timer off a cross-slot pass from Pavelski with 15.6 seconds left in the period.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Lightning: Finish a three-game road trip Saturday against Carolina.</p>
<p>Stars: Begin a back-to-back home series against Florida on Saturday.</p>
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