"The Stars thought they scored the opening goal in the first period on a bank shot from Johnston from behind the net that went off Kuemper and in, but was ruled no goal. On the play, Rantanen appeared to run over Kuemper. No penalty was called, but Kuemper left the game and did not return. Kuzmenko officially opened the scoring at 11:03 on the power play."
"The Stars gained their first lead of the night at 6:12 of the third period. Radek Faksa took a fluttering slap shot from the point, and it was Back who had the shoulder-high tip-in for his second of the season. At 16:11, Rantanen took advantage of a brutal Kings' giveaway in the Stars' defensive zone, skated the puck the length of the ice on the right side, cut around the last defender into the slot, and sniped the puck through the five-hole of Forsberg."
The Dallas Stars improved to 22-7-5 with a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, who dropped to 14-9-9. Andrei Kuzmenko opened the scoring on a power play after a DeSmith mishandle. Matt Duchene tied the game on a back-door tap-in from Oskar Rantanen. Oskar Back gave Dallas the lead in the third with a shoulder-high tip-in, and Rantanen extended the lead after a Kings giveaway. Wyatt Johnston sealed the win with an empty-net goal. Darcy Kuemper exited in the first period, Anton Forsberg finished with 17 saves, and Casey DeSmith made 27 saves.
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