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Published on Tuesday, February 4, 2020

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Johns, Comeau Help Stars Beat Lundqvist, Rangers 5-3

NEW YORK — Joe Pavelski scored power-play goals 16 seconds apart, Stephen Johns and Blake Comeau helped chase Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and the Dallas Stars beat New York 5-3 Monday night.

Johns and Comeau scored 4:04 apart in the second period and Corey Perry also scored for Dallas, which improved to 30-18-4 with its second straight win. Anton Khudobin stopped 33 of 36 shots.

Pavel Buchnevich and Brett Howden scored first period power-play goals for the Rangers, and Brendan Lemieux added another on a man-advantage in the third. New York had won two straight coming out of the All-Star break and a bye week as the front office weighs its options ahead of the Feb. 24 trade deadline.

Johns played his fourth game since missing all of last season and the first 47 games of this one with post-traumatic headaches. He slammed a heavy slap shot 7:52 into the second period to break a 2-2 tie and give Dallas its second advantage of the game. Comeau followed with a snap shot from the left side at 11:56 to extend the lead to 4-2.

Blake Comeaus Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars left wing Blake Comeau (AP Photo/Sam Hodde)

Comeau’s goal was the 14th in his career against Lundqvist, who was pulled after two periods having stopped 11 of 15 shots.

Buchnevich put New York up 1-0 with his power-play goal 2:29 into the game. Dallas has allowed the first goal in seven straight games.

Pavelski put Dallas ahead with two quick goals. He deflected John Klingberg’s shot past Lundqvist at 8:08 for his first power-play goal, then connected again seconds later after Rangers coach David Quinn unsuccessfully challenged for offsides and was hit with a two-minute delay of game penalty.

Howden tied it with 4:19 left in the first. The goal was initially waved off after Howden touched the puck with his hand, but a review showed he used his stick to knock the puck into the net and the call was overturned.

Brett Howden New York Rangers
Brett Howden, New York Rangers (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Alexandar Georgiev relieved Lundqvist and stopped 5 of 6 shots.

NOTES

Chris Kreider did not dress for the Rangers. New York’s top-line left wing was inadvertently kneed in the head Saturday by teammate Mika Zibanejad in the Rangers’ 1-0 win over the Red Wings in Detroit. Kreider was replaced in the lineup by Phillip Di Giuseppe, who the Rangers called up from AHL Hartford Sunday. … Roope Hintz returned to the Stars lineup after missing two games with an upper-body injury. … New York scratched Michael Haley and Igor Shesterkin, while the Stars’ scratches were Taylor Fedun, Joel Kiviranta, and Roman Polak.

UP NEXT

Stars: Conclude a three-game trip through the New York-metropolitan area Tuesday at the New York Islanders.

Rangers: Continue their four-game homestand Wednesday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Denis P. Gorman, The Associated Press

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