NHL Roundup: Jason Roberton’s Second Straight Hat Trick Boosts Stars

Dallas Stars left wing Jason Robertson (21) skates for the puck against the Minnesota Wild in the third period at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn., on March 6, 2022. Matt Blewett/USA TODAY Sports via Field Level Media

Jason Robertson recorded his second consecutive hat trick and Minnesota native Jake Oettinger made 32 saves to lift the Dallas Stars to a 6–3 victory over the Wild on Sunday in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Robertson’s back-to-back hat tricks give him eight tallies in his last five games. He became the fourth active NHL player to score three or more goals in consecutive games—along with Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, the Florida Panthers’ Noel Acciari, and the Nashville Predators’ Filip Forsberg.

Joe Pavelski and captain Jamie Benn each collected a goal and an assist, and Minnesota native Riley Tufte netted his first career NHL goal for the Stars, who have won four in a row. Roope Hintz and defenseman John Klingberg each notched a pair of assists as Dallas improved to 14–4–1 in its last 19 games.

Kirill Kaprizov scored twice in a 1:44 stretch late in the third period and Nico Sturm also tallied for the Wild, who have dropped eight of their last 10 games after a scintillating 11–1–1 run.

Devils 3, Blues 2 (OT)

Dougie Hamilton scored the overtime winner to lift New Jersey past St. Louis in Newark, New Jersey.

Ty Smith and Dawson Mercer also scored for the Devils and Jack Hughes had two assists. Nico Daws made 19 saves to earn the victory.

Torey Krug and Jordan Kyrou each scored in the third period and Vladimir Tarasenko had two assists for the Blues, who are winless (0–2–1) in their last three games. Ville Husso stopped 30 of 33 shots while taking the loss.

Kings 3, Sabres 0

Andreas Athanasiou scored twice, Cal Petersen crafted his second shutout this season, and Los Angeles earned a shutout victory over host Buffalo.

Athanasiou notched his 100th career goal in the second period, then he and Dustin Brown each scored into an empty net in the final minute as Los Angeles won its second straight and improved to 20–6–3 against the Eastern Conference. On a fairly light day of work, Petersen had 19 saves in his third career shutout.

The Sabres were coming off consecutive games of five goals scored and lost for the first time in three games ahead of a visit from the Florida Panthers on Monday. Dustin Tokarski recorded 29 saves for Buffalo.

Lightning 6, Blackhawks 3

Visiting Tampa Bay scored three goals in a 32-second span early in the third period and defeated Chicago.

Victor Hedman scored two goals and Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and two assists for the Lightning, who have won seven of their past eight games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves and improved to 12–0 in his career against the Blackhawks.

Dylan Strome, Patrick Kane, and Alex DeBrincat each had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who have lost six of eight (2–5–1). Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves.

Hurricanes 3, Kraken 2

Martin Necas scored for the first time in 19 games, breaking a third-period tie as Carolina defeated Seattle in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Necas has nine goals this season, but he hadn’t found the net since Jan. 15. Nino Niederreiter and Teuvo Teravainen scored second-period power-play goals for the Hurricanes, who hold an 11-game point streak on home ice. Antti Raanta made 28 saves.

Alex Wennberg and Calle Jarnkrok scored in the second period for the Kraken, who lost for the ninth time in the last 10 games (1–8–1). Jarnkrok also had an assist. Goalie Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves, though he was unsuccessful in gaining his first victory in his last eight decisions.

Rangers 4, Jets 1

Chris Kreider scored twice, Igor Shesterkin made 45 saves, and New York opened a four-game road trip with a victory over Winnipeg.

Kreider scored for the third straight game and netted his 37th and 38th goals. He pulled into a tie with Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl for second and moved within one of Auston Matthews for the league lead.

Barclay Goodrow and Zibanejad also tallied for the Rangers, who won their third straight game and improved to 8–2–1 in their past 11. Nikolaj Ehlers scored a power-play goal in the second for the Jets, who lost for the sixth time in eight games (2–4–2).

Golden Knights 2, Senators 1

Jack Eichel scored a power play goal with 5.2 seconds remaining and Jonathan Marchessault scored for the third straight game as Vegas defeated Ottawa in Las Vegas.

Eichel picked up a rebound of a Max Pacioretty shot in the left circle and then fired a wrist shot inside the near left post and past goalie Anton Forsberg’s blocker for his third goal of the season. The goal snapped an 0-for-17 drought for the Golden Knights on the power play.

Marchessault added an assist for Vegas, which improved to just 5–6–3 in its last 14 home games. Robin Lehner tied his season high with 39 saves. Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa, which lost its fifth straight game. Forsberg finished with 40 saves.

Ducks 3, Sharks 2 (OT)

Rickard Rakell scored on a controversial breakaway 14 seconds into overtime as Anaheim defeated visiting San Jose.

Adam Henrique and Sonny Milano also scored for the Ducks, who finished 3–3–0 on the six-game homestand, their longest of the season. Logan Couture and Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored for San Jose, which lost for the 11th time in its past 13 games (2–6–5).

Rakell jumped onto the ice and took a long lead pass from Troy Terry at the San Jose blue line. He skated in alone on Zach Sawchenko and slipped a forehand shot between the rookie’s pads. The Sharks argued Anaheim had too many players on the ice to no avail.