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 Edmonton couldn't clear the puck from behind their goal and after
Dallas right winger Patrick Eaves dug it out, Stars left winger and
captain Jamie Benn fed Seguin in the high slot. Seguin beat Oilers
goaltender Viktor Fasth with a wrist shot over his left shoulder
with 2:18 left in the second.
Dallas led 3-1 after two and Edmonton made it a one-goal game when
center Taylor Hall scored his 100th career goal early in the third,
but the Oilers couldn't find an equalizer.
"We played a smart third period," Stars head coach Lindy Ruff said.
"There really was only a bad shift after I called a timeout."
Seguin also scored earlier in the second, beating Fasth with a
backhand after a great pass from rookie defenseman John Klingberg
from the Dallas zone as the Stars caught the Oilers on a line
change.
"Obviously, I think my teammates, linemates set me up well," Seguin
said. "Things have been clicking and I've been shooting the puck a
bit more than I have than in previous years." The circumstances surrounding Seguin's first goal was a sore spot
for Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins.
"I don't even know what to say about it," Eakins said. "It's mind
numbing that at this level we would try to change there."
 Goaltender Kari Lehtonen stopped 35 shots for the Stars (9-9-4), who
won their third straight.
Edmonton (6-14-2), which has now lost seven straight, got goals from
center Boyd Gordon while shorthanded late in the first and Hall
early in the third.
Dallas struck first when Klingberg delivered another highlight-reel
goal, a slapshot from beyond the Edmonton blue line 12:49 into the
game. Stars center Jason Spezza won a faceoff against Oilers center
Leon Draisaitl on the left side of the neutral zone.
Klingberg gained possession on the right side and after taking
several strides, launched a 74-foot blast that beat Fasth low on his
glove side. It was Klingberg's third goal in eight NHL games.
Klingberg now has a five-game point streak.
With two minutes left in the first, Seguin almost converted from the
right circle with the Stars on the power play. However, Seguin's
slapshot rang the near post.
However, the visitors answered late in the first when Gordon scored
a shorthanded goal 30 seconds before intermission. Oilers defenseman
Jeff Petry was trying to clear the puck from the Edmonton zone when
Stars defenseman Trevor Daley failed to intercept near the Edmonton
blue line.
Gordon got the puck just beyond the Dallas blue line and, after
Lehtonen made a pad save on his initial effort, a wrist shot at
close range, Gordon tapped in the carom for his fourth of the
season.
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Sandwiched between the Seguin's pair in in the second was a
disallowed goal by center Cody Eakin, who had apparently scored at
9:02 but saw his goal waved off after Stars center Ryan Garbutt
pushed Petry into Fasth.
Hall's goal, his eighth 5:59 into the third, made it 3-2. Hall
knocked in a nifty backhand pass from right winger Jordan Eberle,
beating Lehtonen with a snap to the far post.
"I'm very proud of Taylor Hall," Eakins said. "He's growing. He's
turning into a leader right in front of us. You could argue that he
is the best left winger in the game."
Eakin prevented a game-tying goal from center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
with 4:14 remaining when he cleared a shot that had gotten behind
Lehtonen out of the Dallas crease.
Fasth stopped 31 shots, including denying Seguin's bid for a hat
trick with 1:45 remaining before leaving the ice with 25 seconds
remaining.
Edmonton had one final chance with nine seconds remaining but left
winger David Perron hit the crossbar on a wraparound.
NOTES: Oilers D Keith Aulie, LW Jesse Joensuu and LW Benoit Pouliot
(foot) were scratched. ... Stars D Jordie Benn and C Colton Sceviour
were scratched. ... Oilers LW Luke Gazdic, who spent six years in
the Dallas organization before being claimed off waivers by Edmonton
last September, made his season debut on the right side of the
Oilers' third line alongside C Leon Draisaitl and RW Nail Yakupov.
... Stars LW Ryan Garbutt returned to the right side of the fourth
line after missing Dallas' past three games with an upper-body
injury. ... Edmonton is beginning a three-game road trip. ... Stars
RW Ales Hemsky and C Shawn Horcoff once played for the Oilers. ...
Tuesday marks the first game for Edmonton goaltending coach Justin
Schwartz, who replaced Frederic Chabot, who was relieved of his
duties on Monday. Schwartz was previously the goaltending coach for
the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings.
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