NEW YORK --
Stephen Johns
scored his first goal in nearly two years and the Dallas Stars scored more than three goals in a game for the first time in a month, defeating the New York Rangers 5-3 at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
Johns last scored on Feb. 16, 2018. The defenseman missed the entire 2018-19 season and the first 47 games of this season because of post-traumatic headaches.
The Stars (30-18-4) hadn't scored more than three goals since Jan. 3, a span of nine straight games, or more than four in 28 in a row (Nov. 21).
Joe Pavelski
scored two power-play goals in 16 seconds in the first period and
Anton Khudobin
made 33 saves for the Stars, who have won three of their past four games and moved two points ahead of the Colorado Avalanche for second place in the Central Division.
Dallas was 0-for-14 on the power play in its previous five games.
-- NHL.com