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Seguin shoots Stars past Avalanche

Tyler Seguin had two goals and an assist to lift the Dallas Stars to a 4-2 victory against the Colorado Avalanche at American Airlines Center on Thursday.

Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak scored the game-winning goal early in the second period for the Stars (16-14-7), who have won three games in a row for the first time this season and are 4-0-1 in their past five.

Dallas starting goalie Kari Lehtonen made 13 saves on 14 shots before leaving the game at 4:56 of the third period following a collision with Colorado forward Jarome Iginla, who was called for goaltender interference. Antti Niemi made four saves on five shots in relief.

Devin Shore scored his sixth goal to give the Stars a 1-0 lead at 5:11 of the first period when he went hard to the net and finished off a pass from Lauri Korpikoski.

Seguin gave Dallas a 2-0 lead at 11:26 of the period after sharp puck movement by Jason Spezza and Jamie Benn. Spezza passed to Benn in the slot, who made a backhand pass to Seguin for a one-timer past goalie Calvin Pickard.

Matt Duchene got his 400th NHL point when he scored to pull the Avalanche to within 2-1 at 15:48 of the first. Lehtonen made the initial save on Duchene with his left pad but couldn't corral the rebound before Duchene finished it off.

Oleksiak gave Dallas a 3-1 lead at 4:52 of the second period on wrist shot that beat Pickard on the short side.

Mikhail Grigorenko scored on a rebound at 7:27 of the third period to cut the Dallas lead to 3-2. It was the second shot Niemi faced after he entered the game.

Seguin scored into the empty net with 26 seconds remaining to make it 4-2.

Pickard made 30 saves.

-- by Sean Shapiro for NHL.com --