Dallas(10-5-2) took a 1-0 lead on their first shot on goal just 4:58 into the contest. Esa Lindell made a lead pass from his own zone which led to a 2-on-1 breakaway. Tyler Seguin angled a pass from the top right circle and Roope Hintz roofed a wrist shot from the low slot by Sergei Bobrovsky.
The Stars would add two more goals in a 37-second span. Radek Faksa cycled the puck from the right corner to the right point. Nils Lundkvist carried it around all the way to below the left circle and lifted a forehand shot for a 2-0 lead with 4:44 remaining in the first. It was Lundkvist's first tally of the season and second goal of his NHL career.
It became 3-0 for Dallas with 4:07 left in the period. Ty Dellandrea chipped the puck ahead from the blue line. Jamie Benn skated through the slot area and slid a backhand shot from the crease for his seventh goal this year.
Florida(9-7-1) surrendered another goal with 8.3 seconds to go and trailed 4-0. Former Panthers player Mason Marchment came in on a 2-on-1 breakaway on the left side. He sent a diagonal pass and Seguin snapped a shot from the low slot for his fourth tally of the campaign.
In the second period, the Panthers broke the shutout on the power play at 7:28. Sam Bennett backhanded the puck from the top right circle to Gustav Forsling at the top of the zone. He connected a pass to the left circle and Carter Verhaeghe riffled a snap shot by Scott Wedgewood for his 11th goal of the season.
Both teams exchanged goals around the midway point of the second period. Jason Robertson intercepted a pass at the left point and pushed the puck ahead. Hintz went in alone on net and shoved a wrist shot by Spencer Knight for his second goal of the game and eighth goal this season at the 9:04 mark for a four-goal margin.
The Cats cut it to 5-2 with 7:48 left in the period. Matthew Tkachuk left the puck for Bennett at the red line. He skated down the right side and angled a pass from the top right circle. Eetu Luostarinen was able to one-time a forehand shot from the inner left circle for his fifth goal of the campaign.
The Panthers closed it to 5-3 with a power-play goal with 1:33 to go. Brandon Montour sent a cross-ice pass from the right point. Aaron Ekblad fired a one-time slap shot from the top of the zone and it was deflected in by Sam Reinhart at the top of the crease past Jake Oettinger for his fourth goal this year.
Florida made it 5-4 with 6:03 remaining in the third period. Verhaeghe fed a lead pass from the right point. Bennett centered the puck from the right wing and Tkachuk backhanded the puck in from the blue paint for his team-leading 22nd point of the regular season.
The Cats pulled their goalie with over two minutes to go. Dellandrea put the puck into an empty net for Dallas from the Panthers blue line with 17.9 seconds left.
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