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DALLAS - Tyler Seguin scored twice to extend his NHL-leading goal total, yet he was overshadowed by rookie defenceman John Klingberg. .The two combined to lift the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.Klingberg scored from centre ice on a 74-foot, dipping slap shot that eluded goalie Viktor Fasth, and added an assist giving him three goals and eight points in eight games since being recalled from the AHL on Nov. 10.When youre hot, youre hot, Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. It was a knuckler. From the bench, you could see it waffling. He probably doesnt know who Phil Niekro is, but he threw one of those.The Stars won their third straight for the first time this season in the fourth game of a season-high, five-game homestand.Edmonton, last in the Western Conference, is 0-6-1 in its last seven games. The Oilers havent led since a win over the New York Rangers on Nov. 9. The Oilers fell to 0-11-1 against Western Conference opponents as they began a three-game trip against Central Division teams.Seguin took a pass from Klingberg, who flipped the puck from deep in his zone, as he skated across the Edmonton blue line. Seguin scored to break a 1-1 tie at 5:59 of the second period, backhanding a shot over the right pad of goalie Viktor Fasth.I kind of stayed on the bench for an extra second and hopped on, Seguin said. Kling looked right at me. I got fortunate with a heads-up play.Seguins second goal, his 17th of the season, came on a slap shot from the deep slot, off a feed by Jamie Benn from behind the Edmonton net at 17:42 of the second.It was Seguins fifth multigoal game of the season, also tops in the league.Things have been clicking, and Ive been shooting the puck a bit more than I have in previous years, said Seguin, who led Dallas last season with 37 goals after being acquired from Boston. Kind of doing more of a shooting-first mentality than always trying to pass.Kari Lehtonen stopped 35 shots to win his third straight.Klingberg was fed by a backhand faceoff win by Jason Spezza on the opposite side of the ice, giving Dallas a 1-0 lead at 12:49 of the opening period.That was a lucky goal there. I was going to dump the puck first but kind of wanted to surprise the goalie, Klingberg said.He is also enjoying his hot start.Yeah, thats fun, he said. I try not to think about it. Of course, Im happy.Edmontons goals were a short-handed tally by Boyd Gordon, his fourth of the season, with only 29.6 seconds remaining in the first period, and Taylor Halls club leading eighth and 100th of his NHL career at 5:59 of the third.You could argue that he is the best left winger in the game, Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said. Im happy that he got his 100th goal, but I know Taylor would rather celebrate this with a win.Edmonton threatened to tie the game multiple times in the closing minutes. With about 4:30 to play, Stars centre Cody Eakin cleared a loose puck on the goal line behind Lehtonen.With 13 seconds left, Oilers forward David Perron delivered a wrap-around that struck the crossbar.Were shooting ourselves in the foot and beating ourselves early, Edmonton centre Jordan Eberle said. Then we wake up and find a way to come back, but its too late.Fasth, making his eighth start of the season, faced 34 shots. The Oilers entered the game with the NHLs worst save percentage (.883).After a 7-1 home loss to Chicago on Saturday, the Oilers replaced goalie coach Frederic Chabot with Dustin Schwartz.Klingbergs long goal stood out in this one.It took a really weird way to the net, Fasth said, but I still got to have that. Its one of those I want back.NOTES: The Oilers hadnt scored a first-period goal since Nov. 9. ... The Stars are 11-1-2 in their last 14 games against the Oilers. . LOUIS -- The St. . Rinne had surgery on his left hip May 9 and recovered in time to start the season. He then had arthroscopic surgery on Oct. 24 because of a bacterial infection in his hip. . Sweeting scored two in the first and three in the second before Strong (4-4) got two back in the fourth. Sweeting then scored three in the fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh to grab a commanding 9-2 lead.ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Olivier Roy made 24 saves as the Abbotsford Heat beat the Charlotte Checkers 7-1 in American Hockey League action Tuesday. Roy was making his first start with the Heat and was seven minutes away from his first career AHL shutout. The 22-year-old was acquired by the Calgary Flames from the Edmonton Oilers on Nov. 8, but was immediately assigned to their ECHL affiliate Alaska before his call up when Joey MacDonald suffered a concussion last week. When Joni Ortio was recalled to the Flames on Sunday to replace the injured Kari Ramo, Roy got his chance to start. Corban Knight had a goal and two assists to lead the way offensively. Max Reinhart and Markus Granlund had a goal and an assist, while Josh Jooris, Blair Jones, Ben Street and Carter Bancks also scored for Abbotsford (30-14-4). The Heat have now won three straight and are 4-0-2 in their past six games. With the win they move into a tie for first in the Western Conference with Grand Rapids. John Muse allowed four first-period goals on just 12 shots before Mike Murphy relieved him, making 24 saves for Charlotte (22-22-1) Philippe Cornet scored the lone Checkers goal. The Heat opened the scoring at 4:29 of the first. Jooris finished off a great Heat possession, one-timing a pass from Corey Locke in the high slott off the post and in, beating Muse glove side. . . Its the third straight game Jooris has scored. Roy made a big save just shy of the eight-minute mark while the Checkers were killing a penalty. Chris Terry cut to the front of the net from the corner and tried to wrap the puck around Roys right pad, but the 2009 fifth-round choice stretched out his leg to cover the far post, keeping his team up by one. Reinhart scored at 8:54 on the same power play to make it 2-0. Granlund fed it to Knight, who quickly found Reinhart backdoor for the one-timer. The Heat chased Muse from the crease with two goals in 28 seconds. First, Jones one-timed Derek Smiths set up from the left face-off dot on the power play. Then Bancks collected Lane MacDermids rebound before backhanding home a goal. Granlund scored another power-play goal, taking a loose puck in the slot and whipping one past Murphy at 8:17 of the third to give him his team-leading 20th goal of the season. Two minutes later Knight deflected Smiths point shot past Murphy to make it 6-0. Cornet broke Roys shutout bid with seven minutes to go after he one-timed Victor Rasks centring feed just inside the post. Street scored his 18th of the season, one-timing Brett Olsons set up at 14:54 to restore the six-goal cushion. ' ' '

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