Roope Hintz completes hat trick in OT as Stars top Blackhawks

Field Level Media|published: Fri 29th December, 23:12 2023

Dec 29, 2023; Dallas, Texas, USA; Chicago Blackhawks center Philipp Kurashev (23) takes Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn (14) off the puck during the first period at American Airlines Center. credits: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports

Roope Hintz scored the overtime winner to complete a hat trick as the host Dallas Stars edged the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Friday.

Hintz tipped a Jason Robertson pass past Petr Mrazek with 7.9 seconds left in the extra frame for his 14th goal of the season.

Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn each scored and added an assist while Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves for Dallas, which has won eight of its last nine games (8-1-0) against the Blackhawks.

Tyler Johnson scored twice, and Cole Guttman and Jason Dickinson each had a goal and an assist. Mrazek stopped 30 shots for the Blackhawks.

Johnson's second of the game on a power play with 2:36 remaining tied the score 4-4 and forced overtime.

Benn gave Dallas a 4-2 lead 2:10 into the third, putting home the rebound off Wyatt Johnston's shot.

Dickinson pulled the Blackhawks to within one at 8:58 of the final period, one-timing Alex Vlasic's pass glove-side past Wedgewood.

The Stars scored twice in 20 seconds of the middle frame to take a 3-2.

Dallas tied it 2-2 at 9:03 of the second when Pavelski tipped Nils Lundkvist's shot past Mrazek.

Hintz gave Dallas its first lead, one-timing a Robertson feed for his 13th goal of the season at 9:23 of the middle period. Hintz extended his point streak to five games.

Dallas outshot Chicago 12-8 after one period, but the Blackhawks led 2-1 going into the second.

Johnson opened the scoring, putting home the rebound off Anthony Beauvillier's shot at 7:56 of the first.

Guttman doubled Chicago's lead at 10:56 of the opening frame, one-timing Lukas Reichel's pass past Wedgewood.

The Stars got on the board with Hintz's power-play marker at 11:49 of the first period when the center tipped home Pavelski's feed past Mrazek.

Blackhawks right winger Taylor Raddysh played just two shifts and 58 seconds in the first period before leaving with an undisclosed injury and did not return.

Friday was the first of four meetings between the clubs and the first of three in 16 days. The two teams face one another again on Sunday in Dallas.

—Field Level Media

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