DALLAS -- John Klingberg and Cody Eakin scored 33 seconds apart in the first minute of the third period to rally the Dallas Stars to a 3-1 victory against the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday, ending their seven-game winless streak at American Airlines Center.
Arizona led 1-0 after two periods, but Klingberg, a rookie defenseman, got the Stars even 19 seconds into the third with his first NHL goal, a wrister from the slot that beat Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith top shelf. Eakin put the Stars ahead for the first time when he deflected in a shot from the right point by defenseman Trevor Daley past Smith for his fourth goal of the season.
Dallas scored an insurance goal with 4:18 remaining when Jason Spezza beat Smith to the short side at the near post.
Ales Hemsky had two assists and Kari Lehtonen stopped 25 shots for Dallas (7-9-4), which won at home for the second time this season. The Stars' only other home victory came on Oct. 21 against the Vancouver Canucks.
Arizona (8-10-2), which is starting a three-game road trip, got a power-play goal from Lauri Korpikoski at 14:21 of the first period.
Arizona generated the first chance of the night when defenseman Michael Stone rang the crossbar with a wrister from the right point 3:18 into the first period.
The Stars tested Smith at 4:35 when Klingberg attempted to slip a wrister from near the Arizona blue line inside the far post, a shot Smith denied with a glove save. Dallas had another chance at 6:02 when right wing Patrick Eaves, returning after missing three games with a lower-body injury, had a breakaway up the right side but fired wide.
After the Coyotes killed off a holding penalty to David Schlemko at 10:20, Arizona went on the power play at 12:45 when Dallas rookie defenseman Jyrki Jokipakka was called for cross checking Mikkel Boedker. Korpikoski put the Coyotes ahead with his second of the season when he slipped the rebound of Sam Gagner's shot through Lehtonen's legs at 14:21.
The assist was the 200th of Gagner's NHL career.
Lehtonen made a huge save on Coyotes captain Shane Doan at 11:08 of the second to keep it a one-goal game. Schlemko gained possession after Klingberg misplayed the puck behind his own net and hit Doan with a pass in the right circle, but Lehtonen stopped Doan's hard slapper.
Dallas had an apparent goal by Travis Moen at 14:38 of the second waved off. Stars defenseman Brenden Dillon was ruled to have been in the crease, limiting Smith's ability to make a play.
Arizona defenseman Keith Yandle hit the right post with a wrister from the left point 3:53 into the third. Lehtonen stopped Martin Erat's wrister with 1:04 remaining and denied Antoine Vermette on the rebound.
Smith finished with 24 saves.
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