Radek Faksa's shorthanded goal pushes Stars past Islanders

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Radek Faksa’s short-handed goal midway through the second period gave the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.

Marian Studenic and Tyler Seguin also scored for the Stars, who moved into the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot. They’re a point ahead of Vegas and one point behind Nashville. Jake Oettinger made 19 saves, including back-to-back stops on Adam Pelech and Mathew Barzal in the closing minutes.

"One (of the three teams) is going to have a hell of a year and miss it," Dallas coach Rick Bowness said of the West playoff race.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders, who had a season-best four-game winning streak snapped and trail Washington by 11 points for the East’s final wild card with 13 games to play. Semyon Varlamov, the NHL’s No. 3 star last week, stopped 37 shots.

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Dallas Stars' Marian Studenic (43), Tyler Seguin (91) and Jamie Benn (14) celebrate a goal scored by Seguin during the first period of the team's NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Islanders coach Barry Trotz didn’t have to look beyond the Stars’ 40-21 edge in shots on goals, including 18-7 in the first period when Dallas scored twice.

"They create a lot of volume, and they won those races," Trotz said. "I thought we sort of gathered ourselves (after the first period), but we didn’t put the puck in play enough."

The tip in the crease by Faksa, the Stars’ checking line center, was saved but caromed off Pageau’s right blade behind Varlamov into the net at 10:29. It was an unlikely goal