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Dallas Stars' tipping point ends Columbus Blue Jackets' three-game win streak
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Evgenii Dadonov 's two goals in the third period lifted the Dallas Stars to a 5-3 victory over the Blue Jackets on Sunday night at American Airlines Center.
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After breaking a 3-3 tie with a controversial goal scored at 11:22 of the third with a high stick that was upheld after a video review that appeared to show an illegal point of contact, Dadonov gave the Stars a two-goal cushion with a backhand wraparound tally at 15:47 of the third to seal it.
The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Blue Jackets (26-20-7), who lost defenseman Dante Fabbro and top scorer Kirill Marchenko to upper-body injuries and had star defenseman Zach Werenski miss time in the second period for a medical assessment.
Blue Jackets center Cole Sillinger (4) and center Kent Johnson (91) celebrate a goal scored by Sillinger against the Stars Sunday.
Cole Sillinger , Adam Fantilli and Ivan Provorov scored the goals for the Blue Jackets , who started Elvis Merzlikins (34 saves) in net. Mason Marchment , Logan Stankoven , and Wyatt Johnson also scored goals for the Stars (34-17-1), who played backup goalie Casey DeSmith (27 saves).
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Both teams scored twice in the second period, sending the game to the third tied 3-3, but the Blue Jackets got the worst of it with a slew of injuries. After losing Fabbro from their top defense pairing with an upper-body injury late in the first, the Jackets lost Werenski and Marchenko in the second.
Stars left wing Mason Marchment scored in Dallas' 5-3 win over the Blue Jackets Sunday.
Werenski returned at the start of the third, but Marchenko didn't play again after taking a puck to the face while seated on the bench late in the second. Fabbro, who was likely injured with an unpenalized elbow to the face by Marchment late in the first, didn't return to start the second and stayed out.
Mikael Pyyhtia, part of the Blue Jackets' fourth line, also took a puck to the face in the second that required stitches but didn't force him out of the game. As for scoring prior to Dadonov's goals in the third, Fantilli and Provorov tallied for the Blue Jackets in the second while Stankoven and Johnston countered for the Stars, sending it to the third tied 3-3.
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In the first, Sillinger and Marchment traded goals to make it 1-1 starting the second.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Dallas Stars use tipping point to end Columbus Blue Jackets win streak
