Item 1 of 21 Dec 19, 2025; Anaheim, California, USA; Dallas Stars center Mavrik Bourque (22) celebrates after a goal against the Anaheim Ducks in the first period at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
[1\/21]Dec 19, 2025; Anaheim, California, USA; Dallas Stars center Mavrik Bourque (22) celebrates after a goal against the Anaheim Ducks in the first period at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n December 20 – Oskar Back and Roope Hintz each scored in the opening five minutes of Dallas’ four-goal first period and the visiting Stars cruised to an 8-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.<\/p>\n Sam Steel and Thomas Harley also scored in the opening period as the Stars won their third consecutive game while matching their season high for goals in a game.<\/p>\n Jason Robertson delivered two goals and an assist while Adam Erne and Ilya Lyubushkin also scored as Dallas improved to an NHL-best 13-2-4 on the road. Hintz and Harley each added an assist, and Miro Heiskanen, Radek Faksa and Mikko Rantanen had two assists apiece.<\/p>\n Casey DeSmith made 22 saves for Dallas, which is 7-2-0 since Tyler Seguin went down with a knee injury Dec. 2.<\/p>\n Ryan Poehling, Beckett Sennecke and Mikael Granlund each scored goals for the Ducks, who are 9-10-1 since opening the season 11-3-1. Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal stopped 3 of 7 shots before he was pulled in the first period in favor of Petr Mrazek, who turned aside 14 of 18 shots.<\/p>\n The Ducks lost to open a run of seven consecutive games in Southern California.<\/p>\n Back opened the scoring 2:37 into the game while the Stars were short-handed. Faksa forced a turnover behind the Ducks’ goal and fed Back, who lifted the puck to beat Dostal. It was the first short-handed goal allowed by Anaheim this season.<\/p>\n After Poehling responded less than a minute later, Hintz gave the Stars the lead again at 2-1 just 4:42 into the game.<\/p>\n Steel put Dallas up 3-1 at 12:41 of the first period, getting credit for the score even though he knocked the goal loose as the puck crossed the line. Harley scored at 14:19 of the period as Dallas went up 4-1.<\/p>\n The fourth goal prompted the Ducks to pull Dostal.<\/p>\n Robertson scored on the power play at 11:10 of the second period, then added another on a backhand four minutes later, his team-leading 22nd of the season making it 6-1.<\/p>\n Erne added a goal with 90 seconds left in the middle period.<\/p>\n Anaheim outscored Dallas 2-1 in the third period with the outcome no longer in doubt.<\/p>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n