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Johnston's natural hat trick and goal in OT give Stars 4-3 win over Golden Knights

Stars' Miro Heiskanen heads to locker room with an injury

It was Johnston's second career hat trick as the Stars erased a 3-1 second-period deficit and won for the fourth time in five games. He also had a hat trick March 5 of last season at San Jose.

Mavrik Borque scored the other Stars goal, Roope Hintz had two assists and Jake Oettinger made 25 saves.

Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights, Tomas Hertl scored a goal and Mark Stone had two assists. Adin Hill finished with 25 saves.

Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen went to the locker room in the third period after Stone fell toward his left knee and thigh while possibly getting tripped.

Hertl's first-period goal extended his career-high point streak to 10 games, second in Golden Knights history to the 12 that Eichel put together in 2023. Dorofeyev's goal was his 10th on the power play this season, one short of the club record set by Eichel last season and Erik Haula in 2017-18.

Johnston's short-handed goal was the fifth of his career. Only Brian Bellows had more (nine) at 21 or younger in Stars history.

Takeaways Stars: The Stars were in danger of watching the game slip away when the Golden Knights scored on a five-on-three power play in the second period to go up 3-1. Then Johnston scored a short-handed goal to bring Dallas to within one.

Golden Knights: Vegas appeared well on its way to victory, dominating the early play before letting this game slip from its grasp.

Key moment Johnston's goal with 8:06 left forced overtime.

Key stat Stone has 200 assists since joining the Golden Knights.

Up next The Stars host Vancouver on Friday night and the Golden Knights are at home against Columbus on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

DAL wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:54 Jack Eichel Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Barbashev (18), Mark Stone (32)
Goal 1st Period 3:41 Mavrik Bourque Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Matt Duchene (30), Miro Heiskanen (20)
Goal 1st Period 6:35 Tomas Hertl Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Nicolas Hague (3), Pavel Dorofeyev (11)
Goal 2nd Period 3:57 Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Mark Stone (33), Jack Eichel (48)
Goal 2nd Period 5:04 Wyatt Johnston Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Roope Hintz (10)
Goal 3rd Period 11:54 Wyatt Johnston Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Roope Hintz (11), Jason Robertson (29)
Goal 4th Period 0:20 Wyatt Johnston Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Roope Hintz (12), Esa Lindell (12)

Statistics

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23 Blocked Shots 15
15 Hits 27
2 Takeaways 4
28 Shots 28
0 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 50.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
31 Faceoffs Won 34
47.7 Faceoff Win Percent 52.3
23 Giveaways 14
2 Total Penalties 2
4 Penalty Minutes 6
Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Dallas Stars Dallas Stars Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Miro Heiskanen, D Injured Reserve Apr 23
Jason Robertson, LW Out Apr 22
Nils Lundkvist, D Injured Reserve Feb 1

Game Information

T-Mobile Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 17,811 | Capacity:

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 56 22 116 4
Dallas 50 26 106 6
Colorado 49 29 102 4
Minnesota 45 30 97 7
St. Louis 44 30 96 8
Utah 38 31 89 13
Nashville 30 44 68 8
Chicago 25 46 61 11

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 50 22 110 10
Los Angeles 48 25 105 9
Edmonton 48 29 101 5
Calgary 41 27 96 14
Vancouver 38 30 90 14
Anaheim 35 37 80 10
Seattle 35 41 76 6
San Jose 20 50 52 12
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