Jimmy Vesey, Rasmus Dahlin score to give Buffalo its fifth win in 7 games.
By Josh Clark / NHL.com Independent Correspondent
DALLAS, TX. — Linus Ullmark made 28 saves for the Buffalo Sabres in a 4-1 win against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Thursday.
Jimmy Vesey and Rasmus Dahlin scored for the Sabres (22-19-7), who have won three in a row and five of their past seven games.
Jamie Benn scored and Ben Bishop made 18 saves for the Stars (27-16-4), who have lost two of their past three games after winning six in a row.
Vesey scored into an open net from in front after receiving a backhand pass from Sam Reinhart to give Buffalo a 1-0 lead at 7:01 of the first period. Jack Eichel had the secondary assist on the goal to extend his point streak to nine games (four goals, seven assists).
Benn tied it 1-1 at 4:28 of the second period, shooting into an open net after Miro Heiskanen’s shot from the blue line caromed to him off of the end boards.
Heiskanen took a stick to the head at 5:20 and left the game with an upper-body injury later in the period.
Dahlin gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead at 16:10 of the second with a wrist shot through a screen from the top of the right circle.
Dallas outshot Buffalo 16-5 in the second period.
Michael Frolik scored a shorthanded goal into an empty net at 17:44 of the third period to make it 3-1, and Zemgus Girgensons scored into another empty net at 19:50 for the 4-1 final.
It was the first time Dallas had allowed more than two goals in its past nine games.