It was just that kind of game for Dallas (19-12-4) as miscues and penalties haunted the Stars throughout the night. They were whistled six times -- five of which were tripping minors -- with the second, a hooking call against Benn, coming back to bite Dallas hard.
The Stars had successfully killed off 41 straight man advantages by opponents at home, but Draisaitl -- the league's second-leading goal scorer behind only McDavid -- put an end to that incredible stretch. After a quick feed from McDavid, former Stars forward Alex Chiasson backhanded a cross-ice pass to Draisaitl, who easily buried it into the open net to double Edmonton's lead.
It wound up being the game-deciding goal.
"We would have liked that one back that we gave up," Stars forward Jason Dickinson said. "We addressed the issue and I think from there, we didn't really give up much on the PK. Obviously, we want to stay out of the box as much as we can against guys like that. ... You don't want to give them too many options. So, I think we handled it pretty well, but we definitely need to stay out of the box."
The Stars scrambled to solve Edmonton's Mikko Koskinen, but by the time Seguin scored on a wrister with 2:37 remaining in the game, it was too little, too late. The Stars fired several attempts in the last minute-plus but never found the equalizer.
"When you don't score goals, you try to make a cute play, and the cute plays don't work -- at least not in this league against anybody," Stars interim coach Rick Bowness said. "Give them credit, they worked very hard without the puck tonight. They were coming back very hard in the D-zone, so give them credit. Give their kid (Koskinen) credit, he made a lot of big saves on us."
That's hockey sometimes.