<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — Tanner Kero snapped a tie 2:52 into the third period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Saturday night to post consecutive victories for the first time since the opening week of the season.</p>
<p>Andrew Cogliano and Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas, which won 4-1 at Nashville on Thursday night. Mark Pysyk recorded his first two assists of the season, and Jake Oettinger made 41 saves.</p>
<p>The Stars last had a winning streak when they won their first four games of the year.</p>
<p>Dougie Hamilton and Haydn Fleury scored for Carolina. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 22 shots in the opener of an eight-game homestand.</p>
<p>The Hurricanes had been 4-0 against Dallas this season.</p>
<p>The teams traded goals in the first two periods.</p>
<p>Cogliano put the Stars in front on a deflection just 3:41 into the game. Hamilton responded for the Hurricanes when he got a pass from Vincent Trocheck, made one slight move and basically shot into an open net at 9:33.</p>
<p>It was Hamilton’s 100th NHL goal, just two games after his 14-game point streak ended in a loss at Chicago.</p>
<p>Fleury put the Hurricanes ahead in the second with a shot from just inside the blue line. Oettinger appeared to have a read on the puck, but instead it bounced off a pad and between his legs. For Fleury, appearing in his 32nd game in 2021, it was his first point of the season.</p>
<p>Benn’s power-play goal with 29 seconds to play in the period tied it at 2. Stationed in front of the net, Benn collected a rebound and slid the puck around Nedeljkovic.</p>
<p>NOT THE PLAN</p>
<p>Stars goalie Anton Khudobin was placed on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list. He had been expected to start.</p>
<p>Left winger Roope Hintz and defenseman Joel Hanley also were out of the Dallas lineup with lower-body injuries.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>The teams meet again Sunday night in Raleigh.</p>
