Stars edge Jets 3-2 Featured

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Wyatt Johnson had a goal and an assist to pace the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets Saturday afternoon.

Thomas Harley and Matt Duchene also scored for Dallas.

Scott Wedgewood turned aside 31 shots for the Stars, who moved to 9-3-1.

Cole Perfetti and Brendan Dillon scored for the Jets who saw their modest three-game winning streak snapped.

Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 7-5-2.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Thomas Harley scored for Dallas 2:13 into the second period when Winnipeg failed to clear their zone.

Ryan Suter found him with a cross ice pass and Harley blasted a slapshot past Hellebuyck, beating him high glove side to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.

The goal was his third of the season.

Wyatt Johnston made it 2-0 with a shorthanded goal at 5:20 when he scooped up a puck just inside the Winnipeg blue line out of Cole Perfetti's skates before breaking in and firing a low shot, short side on Hellebuyck from the left face off dot.

The goal was his fifth of the season.

Cole Perfetti got Winnipeg on the board 8:28 when he snapped a rebound off a Nikolaj Ehlers shot into a wide open net as he streaked in to the net.

The goal was his fourth of the season.

Matt Duchene restored the Stars two-goal lead at 11:58 when he converted a Wyatt Johnston feed from the side of the net to make it 3-1.

Brendan Dillon scored at 10:05 of the third to pull the Jets to within a goal when he sailed a wrister through traffic from the blue line to beat Wedgewood.

The goal was his fourth of the season.

Winnipeg nearly tied it with 8:38 remaining in regulation when Morgan Barron and Vladislav Namestnikov broke in on a 2-on-1 but Wedgewood kicked Namestnikov's redirection away.

Winnipeg hosts New Jersey Tuesday while Dallas returns home to face Arizona.

SHOTS-DALLAS 30 WINNIPEG 33

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Philip Paul-Martin

A well rounded journalist with experience in both print and broadcast mediums, Philip has written news stories with impact, broken national news while at the CBC, anchored radio news and hosted talk show radio. His coverage includes feature writing, game stories and more in-depth pieces during the off-season as well as writing about the National Hockey League and the Winnipeg Jets. He calls Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada home.