Hedman hurt as Lightning falls to Stars

And now Tampa Bay may have to face the possibility of being without Norris Trophy candidate Victor Hedman for the foreseeable future.

Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin (91) celebrates after his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, October 15, 2015, in Tampa, Fla.

The Bolts looked like they were going to mount a comeback as they put the game within one on captain Steven Stamkos’s second goal of the night but the Stars were able to answer with one of their own. Stamkos turns around and fires the puck at the net and it sails past Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen to give the Tampa Bay Lightning the early lead. It came in ranked 29th in the league, stopping only 58 percent of opponents’ power plays, and Dallas converted two of its three power plays in the first two periods.NOTES: Lightning C Alex Killorn is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, and he did not dress for Thursday night’s game.

Spezza has 21 goals and 52 points in 39 games against Tampa Bay.

Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said he spoke to Hedman, who has a past history with concussions, after the game. Cooper said. “Well they scored two and we didnt get any”. 5, Dallas, Demers 1 (Eakin, Hemsky), 18:12 (pp). Dallas grabbed a lead 2-1 late in the opening period on another power-play goal, this from left winger Jamie Benn – his third of the season – with assists from Spezza and center Tyler Seguin.

“I thought the guys did a good job of battling, and they needed a big save by me, and I didn’t do it”, Bishop said. Penalties_Moen, Dal (roughing), 15:56; Boyle, TB (roughing), 15:56; Nesterov, TB, served by Drouin, major-game misconduct (check from behind), 15:56.

Eakin made it 3-1 skating alone down the slot and taking a backhand pass from Mattias Janmark at 9:34 of the second.

“Was our special teams the difference in the game?”

The Dallas Stars score four unanswered goals to build a big lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning, then hang on for a 5-3 win, sending Tampa Bay to a second consecutive loss.

The Lightning lost to the Stars 5-3 before 19,092 at Amalie Arena, its second straight defeat. He has seven goals in eight games against Dallas.

Bishop, who allowed five goals on the 22 shots he faced, was pulled with about three minutes left but all the scoring was finished for the night. That hit set up a response from Tampa Bay defenseman Nikita Nesterov after a hit to Dallas left winger Curtis McKenzie that knocked him out of the game with a lower-body injury. Tampa Bay C Cedric Paquette (foot) played for the first time this season…. 7, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 4 (Drouin, Boyle), 8:44. Dallas had three healthy scratches, RW Valeri Nichushkin, D Patrik Nemeth and D Jamie Oleksiak….