Seguin scores twice to help Stars end 4-game losing streak with 4-1 win over Canadiens

DALLAS — Tyler Seguin had two goals and an assist to help Dallas beat the slumping Montreal Canadiens 4-1 Saturday night, ending the Stars' four-game losing streak.

Cody Eakin and Ryan Garbutt also scored for the Stars, who had goals during a 5-on-4 power play, a 5-on-3 advantage, while skating 4-on-4 and into an empty net. Kari Lehtonen finished with 16 saves to earn his first victory since Nov. 25.

Sven Andrighetto scored for Montreal in his NHL debut and Carey Price stopped 25 shots. The Canadiens dropped to 1-5-1 in their last seven games after a 16-5-1 start to the season.

Dallas limited Montreal to 17 shots — the Stars' season low for shots allowed — after giving up an average of 38 over the previous six games.

The Stars' previous low for shots allowed this season was 22 against Minnesota on Nov. 15. Montreal also had only 17 shots on Oct. 13 at Tampa Bay.

Seguin scored both his goals in the second period, the first at 3:09 and the second with 8 seconds remaining to make it 3-0. He leads the NHL with 21 goals, and assisted on Eakin's power-play goal with 8:37 left in the first.

Andrighetto got the Canadiens on the scoreboard at 2:21 of the third period.

It took the Canadiens 14:37 to put their first shot on Lehtonen, and they were short-handed at the time.

Dallas had taken the game's first nine shots, scoring on their seventh. Just 6 seconds into the game's first power play. Eakin was just at the right of the net to backhand in a rebound of Seguin's shot.

In the second period, Seguin scored on a 5-on-3 power play, taking a cross-ice pass at the bottom of the left faceoff circle from Benn, and beating Price with a shot.

Dallas scored another quick goal in the final seconds of the period. After a coincidental minor on each team with 11 seconds remaining, Benn won the faceoff in the Montreal end, drew the puck back to the top of the right circle, and Seguin wristed a shot under Price's right arm. The goal went in 3 seconds after the penalties put the teams in a 4-on-4 situation.