Stars defeat Bruins on Seguin's overtime goal

BOSTON -- Tyler Seguin scored at 2:59 of overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 victory against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Monday.
The Bruins (24-10-8) extended their point streak to 13 games (9-0-4), their longest since they went 15-0-1 from March 2-30, 2014.

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Seguin scored during a delayed penalty after driving to the net from the left wall, getting around or past three defenders and shooting the puck over Anton Khudobin after the goaltender went down.
"I don't know. I feel like everyone was just sliding at me," Seguin said. "The whole time I wanted to pass. I was just kind of looking for the right play and just kept holding it. And then the goalie even did a two-pad stack or something. I just shot it and I'm happy it went in."

Stephen Johns and Alexander Radulov scored for the Stars (25-17-3), who started their four-game road trip by winning for the third time in four games. It was Dallas' first road win in its past four games (1-2-1).
Kari Lehtonen, starting in place of Ben Bishop, made 30 saves in his first start since Dec. 15.
"He was sound," Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock said. "That's what you hope for. He's a backup in word only; he's really a starting goaltender. We've got the luxury and we've got to start using it right now."
Zdeno Chara and Ryan Spooner scored, and Khudobin made 29 saves for the Bruins, who had won their past five home games. Boston trailed 2-0 in the second period and were behind 2-1 to start the third period before rallying to earn a point.
"That's the positive in this game. We were down two and we were able to scratch back against a very good defensive team," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "It's one thing to do it against a team that gives up a lot, but this is a good defensive team. So that's the positive in it all."

The Stars went 14:34 without a shot on goal before Johns scored at 3:49 of the second period to give Dallas a 1-0 lead. The defenseman backed up to the left face-off dot and beat Khudobin with a wrist shot inside the far post.
Radulov made it 2-0 at 8:15 after Jamie Benn won a face-off forward against Patrice Bergeron and Khudobin left the rebound for him to flip into the net.
Chara got the Bruins within 2-1 by beating Lehtonen with a slap shot from the top of the left circle at 16:28 after the Bruins won a battle along the boards and defense partner Charlie McAvoy made a cross-ice pass.
"That gave us life, it always does, especially when you're having a tough time scoring," Cassidy said. "He was excited, our guys were excited and it gets the crowd going a little bit. I thought it was a turning point, it got us going a little bit. It probably gave us some juice for the third."
Spooner made it 2-2 at 11:21 of the third period when his one-timer from the top of the right circle went off Lehtonen's blocker but hit Dallas defenseman Esa Lindell and rolled across the goal line.

Goal of the game

Seguin's goal 2:59 into overtime.

Save of the game

Lehtonen's save on
Matt Grzelcyk
4:10 into the third period.

Highlight of the game

Benn's shot off the face-off and Radulov's goal on the rebound at 8:15 of the second period.

They said it

"I was just tired because I skated to the bench. It was cool that it just kept going and going and then finally we scored. It was a nice moment." -- Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen on his view of Tyler Seguin's overtime goal during a delayed penalty
"I think overtime is one of those things where yes you have to go on offense, but we have to make sure we know what our matchups and what we need to do with our play away from the puck." -- Bruins center Patrice Bergeron on Boston's 1-6 record in games decided in 3-on-3 overtime

Need to know

The Stars are 3-2 in games decided in overtime. ... Dallas forward Jason Spezza was a healthy scratch and missed his first game of the season. He has gone 14 games since his last goal. ... Benn and Radulov each has a four-game point streak. Benn has five points (two goals, three assists) during his streak and Radulov has eight points (three goals, five assists) during his. ... Chara has a three-game point streak (one goal, two assists).

What's next

Stars: At the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday (7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, FS-SW+, NHL.TV)
Bruins: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, RDS, NHL.TV)