DALLAS (AP) — Matt Duchene scored on a power play in the third period and added an empty net in the final seconds as the Dallas Stars held on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 Saturday.

Duchene’s goal at 8:50 followed by goals from Evgeny Dadonov in the first period and Jamie Benn in the second for a 3-0 lead. Ryan Donato finished Jake Oettingerthe 44-second shutout after Duchene’s goal, and Connor Bedard made it a one-goal game at 14:15.

Duchene skated in alone for the tap-in with 17.7 seconds left, giving him a team-high six goals this season.

Oettinger made 22 saves for the Stars, who opened the season with five straight home wins for the first time since their 1998-99 Stanley Cup season.

that of Chicago Petr Mrazek stopped 26 shots in the team’s back-to-back homecoming game. The Blackhawks lost 3-2 at home to Nashville on Friday night.

Miro Heiskanen and Chicago’s Patrick Maroon each had two assists.

Takeaways

Blackhawks: Mrazek played consecutive days as backup goaltender Arvid Söderblom is sick.

Stars: To account for the two-game Global Series trip to Europe next week, they played their ninth game in 17 days.

Key moment

Dallas Defender Esa Lindell and Heiskanen committed penalties against Bédard and Philip Kurashev.

Key statistic

Dallas led the league with a 92.3% penalty kill rate and killed off all three of Chicago’s power plays. The Stars are 13 of 13 at home.

To be continued

The Stars will play two games in Finland against the Panthers on November 1 and 2, and the Blackhawks will face the Avalanche on Monday night in the second game of a five-game road trip.

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