Johnston, Stars rally past Mammoth for 3rd win in row
Roope Hintz, Jamie Benn, and Jason Robertson also scored for Dallas (16-5-4), which won its third straight and extended its point streak to five games (4-0-1). Jake Oettinger made 27 saves, and Rantanen and Miro Heiskanen each had two assists.
The Stars were coming off a 3-0-1 road trip that ended Wednesday with a 3-2 win at the Seattle Kraken.
“It’s kind of [a] tough one always, first one back from the road trip,” Rantanen said. “We did a good job after the first 10 minutes. I thought even the first was not a bad period, they just got two goals. Overall, a good team win again.”
Logan Cooley, Kevin Rooney, and Jack McBain scored for Utah (12-10-3), which lost the opener of its season-high six-game road trip. Vitek Vanecek made 24 saves.
Cooley scored 57 seconds into the first period to give Utah a 1-0 lead when he finished off a 2-on-1 rush with Dylan Guenther after forcing a turnover in the neutral zone.
“I think at 5-on-5, we played a good game,” Utah coach Andre Tourigny said. “Give credit to Dallas, they played a good game. They’re a Stanley Cup contender. Their power play was really clutch. It’s always a one-goal game. We need to stack detail over detail to find a way to win with consistency. Right now, we’re always one detail short and this league doesn’t give you that liberty.”
Rooney, playing his first game with the Mammoth, made it 2-0 at 12:17 on a shot from the high slot, picking the top glove-side corner.
