Stars pull away from Islanders in the third for a 6-3 win

The Stars beat the Islanders 6-3 at American Airlines Center, scoring three times in the third period to break a 3-3 tie. Dallas improved to 7-3-1 and 15 points. New York fell to 5-4-2 and 12 points.

The game was level after two. Brayden Schenn tied it at 3-3 with a snap shot at 17:45 of the second. Wyatt Johnston put dallas ahead at 4:10 of the third. Then Jason Robertson struck at 9:45 with a snap shot, set up by Tyler Seguin and Roope Hintz, to make it 5-3. Mikko Rantanen finished it at 13:02.

Robertson was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.2. He scored two goals on three shots. Hintz had two assists. For New York, Bo Horvat had two assists and Matthew Schaefer scored once. The Islanders led nothing after the first period and trailed the rest of the way after Robertson's early goal.

Chirp's Sim had the Stars at 58% over 10,000 simulations, and it called it.