Hintz has 4 points, Stars hold off Red Wings

DETROIT -- Roope Hintz had two goals and and two assists for the Dallas Stars, who scored four times in the second period and held off the Detroit Red Wings in a 5-4 win at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday.

“We didn’t start well tonight, so we talked about it in the room and said we needed to step it up,” Hintz said. “We played well in the second, and in the end we got the win. That’s all that matters.”

Thomas Harley had two assists, and Jake Oettinger made 30 saves for Dallas (28-13-6), which finished 2-1-1 on a four-game road trip.

Wyatt Johnston had three primary assists for the Stars in the second, when they outshot the Red Wings 25-7.

“Tonight was a really big game, because it meant we could finish off our road trip on a positive note,” Johnston said. “We played some really good teams on this trip, so 2-1-1 is a pretty good job.”

Alex DeBrincat and Dylan Larkin each had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings (24-18-5), who went 3-for-4 on the power play and were 7-1-1 in their previous nine games.

Alex Lyon allowed five goals on 32 shots before being pulled after the second. James Reimer made six saves in the third period.

“We’ve been playing well and focusing on the details,” DeBrincat said. "Twenty minutes cost us the game. We played well in the third too. We’ll learn from this.”

Jason Robertson gave Dallas a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 3:24 of the first period.

David Perron tied it 1-1 at 14:33 with one second left on a power play, and DeBrincat made it 2-1 at 16:53, just as another man-advantage was about to expire.

Mason Marchment started the four-goal outburst for the Stars when he tied it 2-2 just 22 seconds into the second with a shot from the left circle.

Hintz gave Dallas a 3-2 lead at 4:35, stealing the puck at the edge of the crease and scoring his 21st goal.

Esa Lindell made it 4-2 on a rebound at 11:40, and Hintz scored his second of the period at 15:12 after Johnston stole the puck inside the Red Wings’ blue line to push the lead to 5-2.

“I think Wyatt was probably our best player tonight,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “He was outstanding, but his whole line (with Robertson and Hintz) was really good.”

Christian Fischer appeared to pull Detroit within two goals at 5:04 of the third, but the goal was overturned when Dallas successfully challenged he entered the zone offside.

But Larkin cut it to 5-3 with the Red Wings’ third power-play goal at 11:28, and J.T. Compher scored with Reimer pulled for an extra attacker at 16:46 for the 5-4 final.

“It’s disappointing any time you start 3-for-3 on the power play and feel like you probably won two periods,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “Getting outplayed that much for 20 minutes feels like a missed opportunity.”

The Red Wings outshot the Stars 15-6 in the third.

“The fans got their money’s worth tonight,” DeBoer said. “It was like three games in one. I obviously loved our second period, and I liked our third until we took the penalty (holding the stick against Ty Dellandrea at 10:53), and that’s when the momentum shifted quickly.”

NOTES: Hintz has 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in 14 games against Detroit, including 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in six games here. … Hintz, Johnston and Robertson were each plus-3. … Stars defenseman Nils Lundkvist had six shots on goal. … Benn became the second player in franchise history to have 70 career game-opening goals (Mike Modano, 103). … The Red Wings hadn’t scored three power-play goals in a regulation loss since a 4-3 defeat at the Montreal Canadiens on March 29, 2016.
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