TORONTO -- Joffrey Lupul scored two goals and James Reimer made 43 saves in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 4-1 win against the Dallas Stars at Air Canada Centre on Monday.
The victory was the Maple Leafs' (2-7-2) first at home this season and put an end to the Stars' (9-3-0) three-game winning streak.
The Maple Leafs grabbed an early lead when Brad Boyes scored his first goal of the season at 8:24. Boyes, who was scratched the previous two games, took two stabs at a loose puck in front of the net and got the second attempt past Stars goaltender Antti Niemi. Toronto center Byron Froese got his first NHL point with an assist.
Dallas tied it 58 seconds later when Jamie Benn added to his NHL-leading point total (18) with his 10th goal of the season. Benn drove hard to the net, used Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly as a screen and beat Reimer with a low shot.
Toronto appeared to regain the lead at 15:48 when Boyes struck again. But Dallas' Lindy Ruff used his coach's challenge and it was determined Froese was offsides.
The Maple Leafs took a 2-1 lead 21 seconds into the second period when Lupul scored his fourth goal of the season. Rielly let go a shot from the right point that hit Niemi in the chest, but Lupul was on the doorstep for the rebound.
The Stars had a chance to even the score when Radek Faksa broke in alone while playing shorthanded, but hit the crossbar.
Thirty seconds later, Lupul took a pass in front of the Stars net from Nazem Kadri and scored his second of the game.
The Stars had another opportunity to pull within a goal at 6:07 of the third period when Valeri Nichushkin was awarded a penalty shot after being hooked from behind while on a breakaway by Toronto defenseman Jake Gardiner. Nichushkin attempted to beat Reimer with a backhand deke, but shot wide.
Rielly scored a power-play goal on a 3-on-1 with 12.6 seconds remaining.
Toronto was 2-for-5 on the power play; Dallas was 0-for-2.
Niemi made 22 saves.
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