Robertson, Johnston Slam Door Shut in Dallas's 6-3 Rout

Dallas scored three unanswered goals in the third period to pull away from a tied game and hand the Islanders a 6-3 loss on October 25. The story of the night was a Dallas offense that kept answering every New York response — and then some.

This one looked like a fight for a while. Tyler Seguin opened the scoring at 11:31 of the first with a snap shot, assisted by Jamie Benn and Roope Hintz, giving Dallas the first lead of the night. New York punched back fast — Matthew Schaefer tied it at 13:43, with Bo Horvat picking up the assist. The Islanders had momentum for exactly 49 seconds. Jason Robertson ended that with an unassisted wrist shot at 14:32 to put Dallas back in front before the period was out.

The second period was the most chaotic stretch of the game. Kyle Palmieri knotted it again at 4:01 on a backhand, Horvat collecting his second assist of the night. Dallas retook the lead at 10:52 when Justin Hryckowian — in what appears to be his first NHL goal — buried a backhand with help from Thomas Harley and Wyatt Johnston. New York refused to fold: Brayden Schenn tied it a third time at 17:45 with a snap shot off feeds from Anthony Duclair and Emil Heineman. Three ties in one game looks like a team that won't quit — but the third period told a different story entirely.

Dallas came out of the second intermission and simply took over. Wyatt Johnston put the Stars ahead for good at 4:10 of the third with a wrist shot. Robertson added his second of the night at 9:45 — a snap shot set up by Seguin and Hintz — to make it 5-3 and effectively end the contest. Mikko Rantanen capped it at 13:02 with a wrist shot off a Lian Bichsel assist, sealing the 6-3 final. Robertson finished with two goals and two points; Johnston and Seguin each posted a goal and an assist for two points apiece. On the other side, Ilya Sorokin faced 38 shots and made 32 saves — a workload that speaks to how thoroughly Dallas controlled the third period. Jake Oettinger needed to stop only 17 of 20. The margin in shot volume alone tells you where this game lived.