Stars exchange fortunes with Bruins in blowout victory

Field Level Media|published: Tue 20th January, 22:37 2026

Jan 20, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Stars defenseman Esa Lindell (23) and defenseman Miro Heiskanen (4) and center Oskar Back (10) and left wing Jamie Benn (14) celebrates a goal scored by Lindell against the Boston Bruins during the second period at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

Justin Hryckowian posted his first career three-point game with a goal and two assists before Jason Robertson scored twice in the third period, helping the Dallas Stars end the Boston Bruins' six-game win streak with a 6-2 victory on Tuesday night.

Wyatt Johnston and Mavrik Bourque (one goal, one assist) each scored power-play goals in the final four minutes of the first period to give Dallas a lead that it would never relinquish.

Esa Lindell also scored, Miro Heiskanen had three assists, and Thomas Harley and Roope Hintz each dished out two helpers for Dallas, which broke a three-game skid.

Stars goalie Jake Oettinger made 16 saves, including 11 across the first two periods.

Morgan Geekie and Fraser Minten scored for Boston. Jeremy Swayman allowed six goals on 34 shots before Joonas Korpisalo entered in relief in the third period.

Dallas got a spark from its second power play of the opening period and scored first at the 16:08 mark. Johnston was the beneficiary of a great puck-moving sequence, taking Hintz's cross-ice pass for a one-time goal from the left circle.

Bourque upped the Stars' lead to 2-0 with 13 seconds left in the first. After Swayman made an initial diving save, Bourque corralled his own rebound and popped it over the outstretched Boston goaltender outside the left crease.

After Oettinger stopped early chances from Pavel Zacha and Hampus Lindholm, Lindell made it a 3-0 game when he weaved a slap shot from the blue line through traffic and past Swayman's blocker. Hryckowian's faceoff win and Heiskanen's touch pass set up the goal.

Hryckowian continued his career night with 31 seconds left in the middle period, scoring off another faceoff win and crashing the net to bang in the rebound of a Thomas Harley shot.

Robertson broke his three-game goal scoring drought with back-to-back goals to start the third.

At the 3:15 mark, Robertson wrapped the puck around to the right post and scored across the grain past Swayman. Dallas' leading scorer increased the lead to 6-0, taking the puck off the wall and scoring it in a sliver of space in the top corner of the net.

Geekie broke Oettinger's shutout bid with 7:49 left in regulation, tipping in David Pastrnak's shot on the power play. It was his first goal in 13 games.

Minten made it 6-2 on a quick five-hole shot through traffic with 4:21 to go.

--Field Level Media

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