DALLAS - Denis Gurianov had his first two-goal game of the season to end a long scoring drought, Miro Heiskanen and Joe Pavelski also scored goals and the Dallas Stars beat the Columbus Blue Jackets for a much-needed 4-1 win Thursday night. It came on a shot from the left side parallel to the front of the net that ricocheted off Blue Jackets defenceman Michael Del Zotto into the net. The Blue Jackets and Stars wrap up their regular-season series on Saturday night, with Dallas holding a 4-2-1 series lead. “We made some plays, but hurt ourselves,” Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins had some close calls even before Gurianov and Heiskanen scored 79 seconds apart to make it 2-1 at the second intermission.

Source: thestar April 16, 2021 03:24 UTC