Jamie Benn scored twice, Wyatt Johnston had a goal and two assists, and Miro Heiskanen had three assists for the Stars (41-14-10), who have the third-longest point streak in the NHL this season, behind the Avalanche (17 games) and Tampa Bay Lightning (15). Sam Steel and Matt Duchene each had a goal and an assist, and Jake Oettinger made 30 saves.
Evan Bouchard and Jason Dickinson scored for the Oilers (32-26-8), who are 4-4-0 in their past eight games. Tristan Jarry made 20 saves.
“Obviously, we were disappointed with the way the game ended,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “The start wasn’t very good. First opportunity we have goes in. Later in the second period I thought we had an opportunity to have a pushback. We had a power play. (Adam) Henrique, one off the crossbar [that] would have made it 5-3. We started the second period and our third period and then they scored a power play and that’s pretty much the end of the game.”
Benn gave Dallas a 1-0 lead at 1:23 of the first period when he collected a rebound off a Heiskanen point shot and backhanded it past Jarry near the top left of the crease.
“He’s been the heartbeat of this team for as long as I’ve been here, I’m sure for as long as he’s been with the team,” Robertson said. “You can’t say enough about him stepping up right now, that line stepping up this last month or two. It’s great, especially when you get it from your captain, he’s the most vocal. It’s great to see him get rewarded in one way or another.”
Steel made it 2-0 at 13:09, redirecting Duchene’s cross-ice backdoor pass.
“I think in the first period we didn’t have any opportunities playing in the offensive zone. We wanted stick handles through a very defensively structured team,” Knoblauch said. “I think they have numbers back, it’s tough to get through there. But even when we did, we didn’t have much speed to go get those pucks. We need to simplify it a little more so that we can get some forechecking in and force them into making some mistakes.”
Robertson extended it to 3-0 at 15:11 when his shot from the right face-off dot trickled through Jarry and deflected off his skate into the net.
“A lot of transition offense obviously, so took advantage of our puck play and we didn’t have the greatest pack play today,” Edmonton forward Zach Hyman said. “I think we gave them a lot of free offense, and they are a pretty good team off the rush. So, when you do that it’s tough to climb out of the hole.”
Johnston scored a power-play goal from the top of the crease to push it to 4-0 at 5:43 of the second period. It was his 22nd power-play goal of the season, tying Dino Ciccarelli for the single-season franchise record.
“It’s cool, just try to chip in however I can. I wasn’t exactly expecting to score a lot on the power play this year,” Johnston said. “Our goal isn’t to win all the games (remaining). It’s important to win now, but we want to be winning come April, May, June. That’s what we’re working for.
“At the same time, it’s good to build your identity and get your game to a spot. Obviously have a month or so left, but just kind of get that identity ready so that you’re playing the same way when the playoffs come.”
