DALLAS -- Tyler Seguin scored the only goal in the shootout to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 victory against the Vancouver Canucks on Friday at American Airlines Center.
Seguin began the shootout with a wrist shot from the slot through the five-hole of Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller. Antti Niemi stopped attempts by from Alexandre Burrows, Radim Vrbata and Chris Higgins.
Dallas (18-5-0), which finished its three-game homestand at 2-1-0, got goals by Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza. Patrick Sharp had two assists and Niemi made 34 saves.
Miller finished with 23 saves, and Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin scored for the Canucks (9-8-7). Henrik Sedin's power-play goal with 4:10 remaining in the third period tied the game 2-2.
Dallas took a 1-0 lead when Seguin's power-play wrist shot deflected off Benn's left leg and went past Miller at 15:27 of the first period. It was Benn's League-leading 17th goal and extended his point streak to seven games.
Earlier in the period, the Stars killed off a four-minute Vancouver power play after Benn caught Chris Tanev in the side of the head with a high stick and was assessed a double minor.
Vancouver capitalized on a turnover by Stars defenseman John Klingberg at 3:10 into the second to tie the game. Jannik Hansen intercepted Klingberg's backhand pass in the middle of the Stars zone and fed an onrushing Daniel Sedin, who tied the game with his 11th goals of the season.
Spezza gave Dallas a 2-1 lead at 11:52 of the second when he picked the top right corner with a slap shot from the right circle, beating Miller to his short side with the Stars on the power play. It was his ninth goal of the season Niemi preserved the lead at 16:25 when he robbed Alexander Edler with a spectacular windmill glove on a slap shot from the high slot.
Each goaltender came up big in overtime. Niemi made a diving save on Canucks defenseman Dam Hamhuis at 2:25 as he attempted to end the game with a shot from near the Dallas blue line. Miller then denied Benn twice at the near post during a Dallas power play after Vancouver was called for too many men.
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