Robertson's natural hat trick powers Stars past Capitals 6-5
Jason Robertson scored three in 5:20 of the second period, Mikko Rantanen reached 800 points, and Dallas survived a late Washington push.
A burst of three Jason Robertson goals early in the second period gave Dallas enough of a cushion to withstand Washington’s late rally in a 6-5 road win on Tuesday. Robertson also assisted on a goal.
His natural hat trick took 5:20. A power-play finish at 0:23 was followed by goals at 3:18 and 5:43, extending the Stars’ lead to 4-0 and ending Logan Thompson’s night after four goals on 11 shots.
Joel Kiviranta scored Dallas’ opening goal. Mikko Rantanen and Roope Hintz supplied the other two, while Jake Oettinger stopped 20 shots. Hintz also had two assists.
Washington answered with goals from Jordan Kyrou, Boone Jenner, Jakob Chychrun and Justin Sourdif before Ryan Leonard cut the deficit to one with 1:02 remaining. Kyrou added two assists.
Dallas defenceman Miro Heiskanen left during the second period with an upper-body injury. The Stars improved to 9-5-1; the Capitals fell to 8-6-0.
