Stars boost league-best record with 3-0 win against Sabres

Benn’s first goal was at 7:11 on the power play after the Stars failed to score on their first four power plays.

Antoine Roussel scored first for Dallas at 6:22 of the first period.

Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson and Bobby Ryan also have been going well, with Karlsson amassing five goals and five assists over a six-game point streak and Ryan generating 10 points over a career-high eight-game run.

Lightning 5, Ducks 0 – Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist and Ben Bishop made 30 saves for host Tampa Bay.

Buffalo has plenty of potential fireworks to detonate on the offensive end, but have scored just four total goals in their last three games. Benn’s quick marker off the rush less than two minutes later sealed the 3-0 victory for Dallas. Eichel has no goals in the last five games and just one in his last seven.

Dallas leads the league in scoring but against sees a Buffalo team that has limited the opposition to two goals or less in seven of their last nine. The Sens are 5-2-1 on the road this season while the Stars are 8-2 at home. Niemi made the save with his left pad as the puck trickled near the post. It was the Sabres’ first shutout defeat of the season and continued their growing trend of offensive struggles.

“But I thought the third period was as good period as we could have played”. – Devan Dubnyk made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season and Ryan Suter had a goal and two assists to lead Minnesota.

Ennis, a 20-goal man each of the last two seasons, is stuck at three with the season a quarter over. Avalanche No. 1 goalie Semyon Varlamov missed his fifth game with a groin injury.

Dallas got all they could handle from the Sabres earlier in the week in a 3-1 win and they know this is nothing to be taken lightly this evening. The Stars didn’t even have a shot on goal during their first power play 4 minutes into the second. Schmidt made it 4-0 during a 4-on-4, reaching a loose puck in the left face-off circle and beating Berra high over his blocker.

Buffalo’s Chad Johnson made 29 saves, including 15 in the third period.

Orlov and Karl Alzner added late goals for the Caps, and Andreas Martinsen scored late for the Avs. – Rick Nash scored 2:01 into overtime for his third goal of the game to lift NY. Roberto Luongo stopped 26 shots.

Red Wings 3, Blues 2: ST. LOUIS – Teemu Pulkkinen scored with 18.8 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Detroit. Buffalo lost to St. Louis Thursday night in Missouri in a shootout, but have no collected points in five of their last six, and they’re getting healthier. Dallas (16-4-0) is off the best 20-game start in franchise history, which includes a 3-1 victory at Buffalo on Tuesday. Mark Scheifele and Dustin Byfuglien also scored to help the Jets earn consecutive wins for the first time since October 31.

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen (55) of Finland falls to the ice trying to clear the puck under pressure from Dallas Stars’ John Klingberg (3) of Sweden as Jason Spezza (90) watches in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, November 21, 2015, in Dallas.