stars 5, canucks 3

Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz each had two goals and an assist as Dallas beat Vancouver on Friday.

Rookie Oskar Back also scored and Jake Oettinger made 26 saves for the Stars, who have won four straight games.

Conor Garland, Jake DeBrusk and Carson Soucy scored for the Canucks, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Thatcher Demko stopped 11 shots in his first career regulation loss to the Stars (7-1-1).

Four goals were scored in the final four minutes, including two empty-netters by Dallas.

Robertson put Dallas ahead 2-1 with 3:31 left in the second period after Garland tied the score at 5:08.

Hintz scored early in the third period and again on a short-handed empty netter for a 4-1 lead, giving him a team-best 22 goals.

Robertson has 27 points (12 goals, 15 assists) in his last 19 games.

Dallas is 23-1-1 when leading after two periods, Vancouver 0-15-3 when trailing after two.

sabres 4, predators 3

Jiri Kulich scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 2:04 left, and Buffalo overcame blowing a two-goal lead for a win over Nashville.

Jason Zucker and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Sabres in an outing they allowed three straight goals after building a 2-0 first-period lead. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 28 shots.

Brady Skjei had a goal and an assist for Nashville, which has dropped three straight since enjoying a five-game win streak. Luke Evangelista and Tommy Novak also scored for Nashville and Justus Annunen stopped 23 shots.

Rasmus Dahlin set up two goals to move ahead of Mike Ramsey for second among Sabres defensemen with 257 assists, and tie Ramsey for second for most career points (329) among Buffalo blue- liners.

blue jackets 3, utah 2, ot

Zach Werenski scored on a breakaway 1:01 into overtime and Columbus beat Utah.

Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored in the third period to rally Columbus from a two-goal deficit. Danil Tarasov stopped 34 shots.

Nick Schmaltz and Alexander Kerfoot scored for Utah and Clayton Keller assisted on both goals.