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Royals rout White Sox to end four-game skid


Carlos Santana’s two-run single keyed a four-run sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-0 victory over the White Sox on a cold, blustery night in Chicago.

Game-time temperature was 50 degrees, but it dropped quickly, along with gusty winds that made it feel much colder.

The White Sox took their eighth straight loss as Chicago pitchers walked 11 Royals. The last time the Royals’ offense received 11 walks was in 2011.

Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi left the game in the sixth inning with left knee discomfort after a pickoff attempt.

Daniel Lynch (2-1) allowed two hits in six innings for the win. He tied a career high with seven strikeouts. He has thrown 11 straight scoreless innings in his last two starts.

Taylor Clarke threw one inning and Brady Singer handled the last two to complete a five-hit shutout.

Chicago starter Dallas Keuchel (1-2) gave up two unearned runs on two hits in four-plus innings. Five walks, the most he has ever had against the Royals and one off his career high, did him in. He came out after throwing 88 pitches.

Neither offense could get going in the first three innings. Lynch allowed a bloop single off the handle to Jose Abreu, plus a walk and a hit batter. Keuchel allowed just a pair of walks.

The Royals put a pair of runs on the board in the fourth without a hard-hit ball. Salvador Perez reached on an error by Abreu at first, leading off the inning. It was Chicago’s major-league-leading 19th error of the season.

Santana followed with a walk. Both runners moved up on a slow roller by Hunter Dozier. Bobby Witt Jr. then dribbled a single up the third-base line, scoring Perez. Mondesi then drove in Santana with a groundout.

With two outs, Keuchel walked Michael A. Taylor and Nicky Lopez to load the bases for Merrifield, who struck out.

Taylor’s sacrifice fly in the sixth drove in the Royals’ third run and Andrew Benintendi flied into a fielder’s choice for the fourth run before Santana broke it open.

–Field Level Media

NHL roundup: Flames set team road win mark


Elias Lindholm scored the overtime winner and Dillon Dube tallied twice as the Calgary Flames collected a franchise-record 25th road victory with a 5-4 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.

Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk tied the game with 0.1 seconds left in regulation.

The Predators (44-29-7, 95 points) could have clinched a playoff berth with a regulation win. However, they sealed a postseason spot less than an hour later when the Dallas Stars beat the Golden Knights 3-2 in a shootout, as Vegas can no longer catch Nashville.

Noah Hanifin had a goal and an assist while Dan Vladar made 19 saves for the Pacific Division champion Flames (50-20-10, 110 points), who are on a 10-1-1 overall run and a 7-0-1 road streak.

Filip Forsberg scored twice, Matt Duchene scored once in a three-point game and Roman Josi collected one goal and one assist for the Predators. Mikael Granlund contributed three assists. Nashville starting goalie Juuse Saros left the game late in the third period favoring his left leg after stopping 30 shots.

Stars 3, Knights 2 (SO)

Miro Heiskanen scored the winner in the seventh round of a shootout and Jason Robertson had two goals in regulation as Dallas inched closer to a Stanley Cup playoff berth with a shootout win over visiting Vegas.

Jake Oettinger finished with 33 saves for the Stars, who moved four points ahead of the Golden Knights for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

William Carrier and Chandler Stephenson scored goals for Vegas while Logan Thompson made 28 saves.

Avalanche 5, Blues 3

Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist, and four other players scored as Colorado beat St. Louis in Denver.

Erik Johnson, Josh Manson, Artturi Lehkonen and Nazem Kadri also scored for Colorado. Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots and Alex Newhook and J.T. Compher had two assists each for the Avalanche, who stopped a four-game skid and tied the franchise record for points in a season.

Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and an assist, Brandon Saad also scored, Jordan Kyrou had three assists and Jordan Binnington had 29 saves for St. Louis. The Blues remain tied with Minnesota for second in the Central Division after having their 16-game points streak ended.

Oilers 5, Penguins 1

Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists as visiting Edmonton clinched second place in the Pacific Division with a win over Pittsburgh.

Edmonton will have home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs. Evan Bouchard, Evander Kane, Zach Hyman and Zack Kassian also scored for the Oilers, who have won five of their past six. Mike Smith extended his winning streak to nine, making 33 saves.

Jeff Carter scored for the Penguins, who have lost two straight and three of five as they scramble to keep from finishing in a wild-card spot. Casey DeSmith made 37 saves.

Canucks 5, Kraken 2

Quinn Hughes had a goal and two assists and Conor Garland added three assists as Vancouver defeated visiting Seattle, sweeping the four-game season series from the expansion Kraken.

The Canucks built a 3-0 lead in the first period while still in the NHL’s Western Conference wild-card race, but they were eliminated midway through the game when the Vegas-Dallas contest went to overtime, putting the Stars out of Vancouver’s reach.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and an assist and Sheldon Dries, J.T. Miller and Luke Schenn also scored for the Canucks, who snapped a three-game losing streak (0-2-1). Jordan Eberle and Morgan Geekie scored for Seattle, which lost its third game in a row.

Bruins 4, Panthers 2

Brad Marchand and Taylor Hall each had a goal and an assist and Jake DeBrusk scored the game-winner as host Boston knocked off Eastern Conference-leading Florida.

David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron both logged two assists for the Bruins (50-25-5, 105 points), who have won three straight games. Marchand added an empty-netter with 3:05 left in regulation. Linus Ullmark stopped 19 shots, improving to 8-1-1 in his last 10 decisions for Boston.

Florida (57-17-6, 120 points) has now lost back-to-back games after rattling off a franchise-record 13 straight wins. Gustav Forsling and Sam Reinhart scored the Panthers’ goals.

Hurricane 4, Rangers 3

Rookie goalie Pyotr Kochetkov held his own for his third career NHL victory as Carolina clinched the Metropolitan Division title by defeating host New York in a showdown between the top teams in the division.

Vincent Trocheck, Jordan Martinook, Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho scored Carolina’s goals. Brady Skjei notched two assists against his former team and Trocheck also had an assist in the team’s fifth consecutive victory. The Hurricanes (114 points) set a franchise record for points in a season.

Chris Kreider, Jacob Trouba and Alexis Lafreniere scored for the Rangers, who have lost their past two games. It’s their first back-to-back losses in regulation since March 8 and 10.

Islanders 4, Capitals 1

Noah Dobson scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period for visiting New York, who beat the Capitals and prevented Washington from climbing out of an Eastern Conference wild-card spot.

Ryan Pulock scored in the first period and Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee added unassisted goals later in the third for the Islanders, who snapped a five-game losing streak. New York goalie Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves.

Conor Sheary scored in the first for the Capitals, who remained one point behind Pittsburgh in the race for third place in the Metropolitan Division. Goalie Ilya Samsonov recorded 22 saves for the Capitals, who played without Alex Ovechkin after he sustained an upper-body injury Sunday.

Lightning 4, Blue Jackets 1

Steven Stamkos collected two goals and two assists to surpass the 100-point plateau on the season, fueling host Tampa Bay over Columbus.

Stamkos, the NHL’s reigning First Star of the Week, recorded at least three points in his fifth consecutive game — just the 10th such streak in league history. The most recent on that list had been Jari Kurri in 1992-93. The record is six consecutive games with three-plus points, shared by Kurri, Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr.

Nikita Kucherov scored to extend his goal-scoring streak to seven games and added three assists, Ondrej Palat scored a goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves to send the Lightning to their fourth straight win. Oliver Bjorkstrand scored a power-play goal for the Blue Jackets, who have dropped five of their past six games (1-4-1).

Maple Leafs 3, Red Wings 0

Auston Matthews scored twice to become the first Toronto player in history to reach 60 goals in a single season as the Maple Leafs blanked the visiting Detroit.

Matthews, who leads the league in goals, scored in the second and third periods for the playoff-bound Leafs. He had gone his previous five games without scoring and had not hit the back of the net since April 9, when he also netted a pair.

John Tavares scored Toronto’s other goal while Jack Campbell stopped 20 shots to notch his fifth shutout of the season. Alex Nedeljkovic made 33 saves for Detroit (31-40-10, 72 points).

Coyotes 5, Wild 3

Anton Stralman and Phil Kessel each had a goal and an assist as Arizona snapped a 10-game losing streak with a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis, leaving the Wild tied for second in the Central Division with the St. Louis Blues.

Shayne Gostisbehere had three assists and Karel Vejmelka made 35 saves for the Coyotes, who were 0-8-2 during their slide.

Joel Eriksson Ek and Marcus Foligno each had a goal and an assist while Kirill Kaprizov had two assists for the Wild, whose five-game winning streak and 10-game point streak ended.

Senators 5, Devils 4 (OT)

Drake Batherson scored his second goal of the game with 1:43 remaining in overtime and Ottawa beat visiting New Jersey for its first four-game winning streak in more than five years.

Tim Stutzle had two goals with two assists and Brady Tkachuk topped the 100-career assist mark with three for the Senators, who have won four straight for the first time since a six-game run from March 2-11, 2017. Anton Forsberg stopped 37 shots for the win.

Nolan Foote scored twice and Pavel Zacha notched a goal with an assist for the Devils (27-44-9, 63 points), who are mired in an 0-2-2 rut. New Jersey netminder Mackenzie Blackwood returned from a nearly three-month absence to make 29 saves.

Ducks 5, Sharks 2

Max Comtois and Sonny Milano each had a goal and an assist for Anaheim in a win at San Jose.

Trevor Zegras, Josh Mahura and Zach Aston-Reese also scored and Anthony Stolarz made 31 saves for the Ducks, who ended a three-game losing streak.

Brent Burns and Scott Reedy scored and Kaapo Kahkonen made 26 saves for the Sharks, who had won three of their previous four.

–Field Level Media

Blue Jays rally to ruin Red Sox in 10th


Raimel Tapia hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox 6-5 on Tuesday night.

Boston took a 5-2 lead with four runs in the eighth but fell for the second consecutive game to open a four-game series.

Toronto tied the game in the ninth against Jake Diekman. After Tapia and Santiago Espinal hit doubles, George Springer leveled the score with a two-out, two-run homer, his fourth long ball of the season.

Jordan Romano (1-1) retired his three batters in the 10th, stranding the designated runner at third.

Matt Barnes (0-1) walked Vladimir Guerrero Jr. intentionally to start the bottom of the 10th. Alejandro Kirk worked a walk to load the bases. After Matt Chapman struck out, Matt Strahm replaced Barnes to face Tapia.

Boston starter Nick Pivetta allowed two runs, three hits and four walks. He struck out six in 4 2/3 innings.

Toronto starter Kevin Gausman gave up one unearned run, four hits and no walks while striking out nine in six innings. He has not allowed a walk in 95 batters this season, the most to start a Blue Jays career; Brett Anderson went 79 batters without a walk in 2017.

The Red Sox have lost six of their past seven while the Blue Jays have won six of their past seven.

The Blue Jays took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on two walks, a wild pitch and Springer’s RBI single.

The Red Sox tied the game in the top of the fourth. Xander Bogaerts led off with a single, stole second and reached third on catcher Zack Collins’ throwing error. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Enrique Hernandez, who was out thanks to a diving catch by center fielder Bradley Zimmer.

Toronto regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth. Guerrero led off with a walk and took second on a single by Collins. Espinal then blooped a two-out RBI single to center.

Yimi Garcia allowed singles to pinch hitter Rafael Devers and Christian Vazquez to open the top of the eighth. Trevor Story tied the game with a double, and Alex Verdugo gave Boston a 3-2 lead with a sacrifice fly to left. Bogaerts followed with an RBI double.

David Phelps replaced Garcia and allowed a two-out infield RBI single by Hernandez.

Hansel Robles pitched around a single in the bottom of the eighth.

–Field Level Media

Ducks jump out to early lead, hang on to defeat Sharks


Max Comtois and Sonny Milano each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Anaheim Ducks in a 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.

Trevor Zegras, Josh Mahura and Zach Aston-Reese also scored, and Anthony Stolarz made 31 saves for the Ducks (31-36-14, 76 points).

Brent Burns and Scott Reedy scored, and Kaapo Kahkonen made 26 saves for the Sharks (32-36-12, 76 points), who had won three of their previous four.

Zegras scored the 23rd goal of his rookie season on a power play to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead at 4:05 of the first period.

Zegras lifted a shot over Kahkonen’s left shoulder and into the net. The puck lodged in the top of the net, leaving those on the ice unsure of its location for a few seconds.

Troy Terry appeared to score for Anaheim a few minutes later when he swept in a loose puck from the crease, but a video review determined Terry used a kicking motion and the goal was disallowed.

Comtois scored for the second straight game to extend the lead to 2-0 at 5:26 of the second period.

Comtois passed to a trailing Kevin Shattenkirk on a 3-on-2 rush. Shattenkirk then passed the puck back to Comtois for a one-timer.

The Ducks scored again 56 seconds later when Terry set up Milano for a one-timer and a 3-0 lead.

The Sharks came back with two goals in the final five minutes of the second period to make it a one-goal game again.

Burns scored his 10th goal of the season on a power play to make it 3-1 at 15:32. Burns connected on a slap shot that clipped off the stick of Ducks defenseman Andrej Sustr and into the net.

Reedy tipped in a shot to make it 3-2 at 18:36.

Mahura re-established the two-goal lead when he scored at 10:47 of the third period to make it 4-2.

Aston-Reese scored into an empty net and Stolarz earned an assist with 42 seconds left to make it 5-2.

–Field Level Media

Marlins flash timely hitting, defense in win over Nationals


Joey Wendle slugged a three-run homer on his 32nd birthday and Sandy Alcantara pitched a gem as the visiting Miami Marlins defeated the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Tuesday night.

The Marlins, who have won three straight games, also threw out two Nationals at the plate — one caught by center fielder Jesus Sanchez and the other by right fielder Avisail Garcia.

Wendle hit his first homer as a member of the Marlins. Acquired in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays in November, Wendle is batting .362 this season after going 2-for-3 with a walk and a steal.

Alcantara (2-0) allowed just one run in six innings, striking out five and lowering his ERA to 1.78. He allowed six hits and three walks but was helped by two double plays and the two outfield assists.

By the end of his outing, Alcantara was still throwing 100 mph.

Anthony Bender pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save, tying the total from his rookie season last year.

Josiah Gray (2-2) pitched fairly well for Washington, matching his career high by whiffing 10 batters in 5 2/3 innings. He allowed seven hits — including Wendle’s homer — three walks and four runs.

Washington has lost six straight games, the longest active skid in the National League.

Miami opened the scoring in the fourth as Sanchez walked, Garrett Cooper singled and Wendle slugged his homer 410 feet to right-center. Wendle jumped on a first-pitch slider clocked at 83 mph.

Washington cut its deficit to 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth. Juan Soto and Josh Bell drew walks, and Yadiel Hernandez earned an RBI with his single to center.

The Nationals could have had more on Keibert Ruiz’s single, but Sanchez’s one-hop threw got Bell at the plate. Maikel Franco followed with another single, but Garcia’s two-hop throw nailed Hernandez at home.

Miami stretched its lead to 4-1 in the sixth. Cooper doubled on a line drive that one-hopped the wall in left. With two outs, Cooper scored on a Jacob Stallings single that bounced off the glove of leaping shortstop Alcides Escobar.

The Marlins made it 5-1 in the eighth. Wendle singled, stole second, went to third on catcher Ruiz’s throwing error and scored on Stallings’ groundout.

Washington got that run back in the bottom of the eighth as Soto doubled with one out, and Bell singled on a 111-mph liner just past reliever Richard Bleier’s glove.

–Field Level Media

Canucks dump Kraken after playoff hopes end


Quinn Hughes had a goal and two assists and Conor Garland added three assists as the Vancouver Canucks defeated visiting Seattle 5-2 Tuesday night, sweeping the four-game season series from the expansion Kraken.

The Canucks (39-30-11, 89 points) built a 3-0 lead in the first period while still in the NHL’s Western Conference wild-card race, but they were eliminated midway through the game when the Vegas-Dallas contest went to overtime, putting the Stars out of Vancouver’s reach.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and an assist and Sheldon Dries, J.T. Miller and Luke Schenn also scored for the Canucks, who snapped a three-game losing streak (0-2-1). Spencer Martin made 30 saves for his second career victory.

Jordan Eberle and Morgan Geekie scored for Seattle (26-47-6, 58 points), which lost its third game in a row. Joey Daccord stopped 22 of 27 shots.

Dries opened the scoring 2:46 into the game on a three-on-one rush, keeping the puck and beating Daccord with a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle.

The Canucks made it 2-0 just 48 seconds later as Miller buried a one-timer from between the top of the faceoff circles after taking a drop pass from Garland.

Ekman-Larsson extended the lead to 3-0 on the power play at 15:05 of the first, with a snap shot from near the blue line making its way through a screen and into the upper left corner of the net.

The Canucks killed off one five-on-three situation early in the second period, but Seattle finally got on the board at the end of another two-man advantage.

Rookie Matty Beniers took a pass from Jared McCann just outside the top of the crease, and he whipped a backhanded pass to a wide-open Eberle at the left post for a tap-in at 4:59.

The Kraken pulled within 3-2 at 9:12 of the second. They dumped the puck into the offensive zone, and Riley Sheahan won a race into the corner to gain possession and fed Geekie out front for a one-timer into the upper right corner of the net.

Schenn made it 4-2 at 13:10 of the third, tapping a rebound of Matthew Highmore’s shot into the net.

Hughes capped the scoring at 15:59 off a pass from Garland on a two-on-one rush.

–Field Level Media

Anthony Rizzo belts 3 HRs as Yankees blast Orioles 12-8


Anthony Rizzo hit three homers for the first time in his career as the New York Yankees recorded a 12-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.

Rizzo hit a three-run drive with two outs in the third off Jordan Lyles (1-2) and connected for a two-run shot in the fifth as the Yankees raced out to a 6-0 lead. He then hit a solo drive just inside the right-field foul pole with two outs in the eighth; it was confirmed via an umpire’s review.

Rizzo’s first multi-homer game as a Yankee gave him sole possession of the major league lead with eight homers. It was New York’s first three-homer game since Kyle Higashioka went deep three times against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 16, 2020.

Aaron Judge homered on his 30th birthday in the eighth after the Yankees allowed four runs in the top half of the inning.

Luis Severino (2-0) allowed four runs on three hits in a season-high six-plus innings. Severino retired the first 14 hitters, until Austin Hays walked, and Severino took a no-hit bid into the sixth, when Jorge Mateo singled.

Severino allowed a three-run homer to Anthony Santander before retiring Trey Mancini and Ryan Mountcastle to end the sixth. He left to a nice hand from the crowd after allowing a leadoff single to Rougned Odor.

Severino struck out five, walked two and threw 77 pitches. He also pitched into the seventh inning for the first time since Sept. 19, 2018, at Fenway Park during his 19-win season.

Joey Gallo also homered as the Yankees won their fourth straight and sixth in seven games.

Giancarlo Stanton added an RBI single and Gleyber Torres hit a bases-clearing triple in a four-run seventh. Those hits proved crucial when Mancini hit an RBI single off Lucas Luetge and Hays hit a three-run homer off Jonathan Loaisiga in the eighth.

Aroldis Chapman walked two and finished up in the ninth.

Rizzo made it 3-0 when he lifted a full-count fastball into the first row of the right-field seats, just over Santander’s leaping try, in the third inning.

Gallo made it 4-0 in the fourth when the left-handed-hitting outfielder sent an 0-1 changeup to the loading dock in left-center field. Rizzo extended the lead to 6-0 by hitting a 1-2 changeup to right after fouling off three straight pitches.

–Field Level Media

Avalanche tie team points record in win over Blues


Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist, and four other players scored as the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 in Denver on Tuesday night.

Erik Johnson, Josh Manson, Artturi Lehkonen and Nazem Kadri also scored for Colorado.

Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots and Alex Newhook and J.T. Compher had two assists each for the Avalanche (56-18-6, 118 points), who stopped a four-game skid and tied the franchise record for points in a season.

Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and an assist, Brandon Saad also scored, Jordan Kyrou had three assists and Jordan Binnington had 29 saves for St. Louis (49-21-11, 109 points). The Blues remain tied with Minnesota for second in the Central Division after having their 16-game points streak ended.

The Avalanche opened the scoring when Nichushkin beat Binnington from the top of the slot at 2:38 of the second period. It was his 25th goal.

Johnson made it 2-0 when he buried Compher’s rebound at 4:49. It was his eighth score of the season.

The Avalanche went ahead 3-0 when they got the puck off a faceoff and worked it around to Manson at the top of the zone. His sixth goal of the season went over Binnington’s shoulder at 8:03.

St. Louis got one back on the power play later in the second. Kyrou fed a pass to Saad on the left side of the crease, and the puck went off Saad’s skate at 13:01 for his 24th goal of the season.

Colorado made it 4-1 just nine seconds into third when Lehkonen stuffed Nichushkin’s rebound — his 18th tally of the season.

O’Reilly made it interesting with two goals in the final five minutes. He made it 4-2 when Kyrou’s shot went off his shin and by Kuemper at 15:45. With Binnington off for an extra skater, O’Reilly took a pass from Pavel Buchnevich and buried it at 16:49. It was his 19th goal of the season.

Kadri then scored into an empty net at 19:13 to clinch it. It was his 27th score of the season.

–Field Level Media

Odubel Herrera leads balanced attack as Phillies clobber Rockies


Odubel Herrera homered, doubled, drove in three runs and scored twice to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies past the Colorado Rockies 10-3 on Tuesday.

Bryce Harper added two hits and Didi Gregorius had two hits and scored three times for the Phillies, who won their second blowout in a row over the Rockies.

Phillies starter Zach Eflin (1-1) allowed two hits and one run in six innings. Eflin struck out three and walked one.

Charlie Blackmon ripped two solo homers and C.J. Cron had two hits for the Rockies, who have lost two straight to the Phillies by a combined 18-5 score. Jose Iglesias also recorded two hits and an RBI and Ryan McMahon walked three times.

Kris Bryant was a late scratch because of back soreness.

Rockies starter German Marquez (0-1) lasted only 3 2/3 innings and allowed seven hits and seven runs, four earned, to go along with one strikeout and one walk.

The Phillies went ahead 1-0 when Gregorius hit an RBI infield single to third base in the second inning. Marquez soon unleashed a wild pitch and catcher Dom Nunez followed with a throwing error during the same sequence, which allowed Alec Bohm and Gregorius to score for a 3-0 advantage.

In the fourth, Bohm and Jean Segura each provided RBI singles and Herrera and Rhys Hoskins added an RBI double apiece for a 7-0 lead.

The Rockies struggled through the first five innings. They had just one hit — a single by Cron — and errors in the field by Nunez and McMahon.

Blackmon launched a solo home run to right with two outs in the sixth to close within 7-1.

Herrera responded in the bottom of the inning by smashing a two-run home run to right-center, and Nick Castellanos blooped an RBI single to short left for a 10-1 lead.

Nunez struck out swinging with the bases loaded to end a Colorado threat in the seventh.

Blackmon’s second solo home run came in the eighth, giving him 14 homers in 59 career games against Philadelphia.

The Rockies closed within 10-3 when Iglesias produced an RBI double in the ninth off Damon Jones.

–Field Level Media

Stars edge Knights in shootout, move closer to playoff bid


Miro Heiskanen scored the winner in the seventh round of a shootout and Jason Robertson had two goals in regulation as the Dallas Stars inched closer to a Stanley Cup playoff berth with a 3-2 shootout win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.

Heiskanen deked a forehand shot and then roofed a backhand shot past Vegas goaltender Logan Thompson for the only score of the shootout. William Karlsson had a chance to force an eighth round, but Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger turned away his wrist shot.

Oettinger finished with 33 saves for the Stars (45-30-5, 95 points), who moved four points ahead of the Golden Knights (42-31-7, 91 points) for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Vegas needs to win its final two games on Wednesday at Chicago and Friday at St. Louis while also needing Dallas to lose both of its final two games at home against Arizona on Wednesday and Anaheim on Friday to make the playoffs for the fifth straight year.

William Carrier and Chandler Stephenson scored goals for Vegas while Thompson made 28 saves.

Vegas took a 1-0 lead late in the first period when Carrier’s backhand crossing pass for Stephenson from the right wing deflected into the goal off the stick of Stars center Luke Glendening.

Dallas tied it at the 13:31 mark of the second period on a highlight-reel goal by Robertson. He came down the right side and deked defenseman Brayden McNabb before firing a wrist shot past Thompson’s blocker side.

The Golden Knights regained the lead with a power-play goal with four seconds left in the middle period. Jack Eichel passed the puck to Mark Stone stationed at the left edge of the crease. Oettinger then stopped Stone’s shot attempt, but Stephenson charged the net and flipped in the rebound.

It was Stone’s first point in seven games since returning from a back injury.

Robertson tied it 2-2 early in the third period with his 40th goal of the season, deflecting John Klingberg’s pass from the point past Thompson’s glove side. Robertson became the fourth player in Dallas history to score 40 goals in a season joining Mike Modano, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin.

Vegas had a chance to regain a regain the lead with 8:10 to go when Evgenii Dadonov set up Karlsson for a one-timer from the bottom edge of the right circle, but Oettinger made a pad save.

Dallas then had a chance to win it in overtime when Roope Hintz went in on a breakaway, but Thompson made a glove save on his wrist shot from the slot.

–Field Level Media