Dallas Stars roll past Washington Capitals in decisive win

That brings us to the end of a first period — Dallas Stars 3, Washington Capitals 0. Washington Capitals edged the shot clock 14-8, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Thomas Harley opened the scoring for Dallas Stars at 1:21, Mavrik Bourque extended the lead for Dallas Stars at 3:08, and Mavrik Bourque extended the lead for Dallas Stars at 14:21.

Jake Oettinger was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

Washington Capitals owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Dallas Stars 1, Washington Capitals 0. Dallas Stars edged the shot clock 13-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Mavrik Bourque extended the lead for Dallas Stars at 4:07.

Dan Vladar was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Dallas Stars went 0-for-1 while Washington Capitals went 0-for-2.

Washington Capitals owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Dallas Stars 1, Washington Capitals 2. Washington Capitals edged the shot clock 20-10, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

David Perron extended the lead for Dallas Stars at 2:20, Alexander Nikishin cut the deficit for Washington Capitals at 3:25, and Jakob Chychrun cut the deficit for Washington Capitals on the power play at 7:26.

Jake Oettinger was under siege with 18 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Washington Capitals went 1-for-1.

Washington Capitals owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.