Stars strengthen hold on first wild card with shootout win against Oilers

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueJamie Benn skates in and fires a quick wrister from the slot past Mikko Koskinen to seal the Stars' shootout winEDMONTON -- The Dallas Stars extended their lead for the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference by rallying for a 3-2 shootout win against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Thursday.The Stars (41-31-6) moved five points ahead of the Colorado Avalanche, who hold the second wild card. They have won seven straight on the road, the longest active streak in the NHL.Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers (34-34-9), who are six points behind Colorado for the second wild card with five games remaining. But if we had capitalized on our chances, we probably would have won that game."Video: DAL@EDM: McDavid goes between his legs for great goalDallas trailed by two goals before Alexander Radulov scored on the power play at 6:20 of the second period, one-timing a cross-ice pass from Tyler Seguin to make it 2-1.Miro Heiskanen tied it 2-2 at 7:47 of the third period when he scored from the high slot off a pass from Jason Dickinson."We were lethargic [in the first period], we weren't skating," Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. When we started making those same plays in the second, everybody was on the same page."Seguin scored in the second round of the shootout after Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored Edmonton's only goal in the first round.Anton Khudobin made 40 saves for the Stars."We were better in the first half, and they poured it on in the second half," McDavid said.