A high-scoring deadlock dissolved in the third period as the Stars exploited defensive lapses, snapping the Islanders' point streak and handing Ilya Sorokin a frustrating six-goal defeat.
The Dallas Stars defeated the New York Islanders 6-3 on Sunday night in Dallas, snapping New York's five-game point streak. After the Islanders erased three one-goal deficits through two periods, Wyatt Johnston scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Jason Robertson followed with a breakaway tally to pull Dallas away.
Matthew Schaefer, Kyle Palmieri, and Brayden Schenn scored the goals for the Islanders. Robertson finished with two goals on the night, leading a three-goal third period for Dallas that handed Islanders coach Pete DeBoer a defeat against his former team.
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