Arttu Hyry's first multigoal NHL game pulls Dallas clear of the Blackhawks

Nils Lundkvist saw the lane. Arttu Hyry was already moving into it.

Hyry took Lundkvist's stretch pass at 1:27 of the third period, cut into the left circle and lifted a backhand over Spencer Knight's glove to give the Dallas Stars a 3-0 lead over the Chicago Blackhawks.

It was his second goal of the night and the first multigoal game of his NHL career, and it removed most of the remaining doubt from a 4-0 win at United Center on Saturday.

"I was coming off the bench and saw Nils looking up, trying to make a pass," Hyry told NHL.com. "Nils made an incredible pass there."

Two goals, two different looks

Dallas had already seen one goal taken away. A first-period Jason Robertson finish was disallowed after video review found Roope Hintz offside on the entry, per the AP, and Knight kept the game scoreless into the second.

The first Hyry goal came on a rush. With Dallas up 1-0 on Jason Robertson's power-play goal, Hyry and Sam Steel broke out 2-on-1, and Hyry finished it from the right circle at 14:10 of the second period.

Knight, who made 28 saves, stopped him on a shorthanded breakaway in the final minute of the period, per the AP, or the night could have been bigger still.

Hyry played exactly 12 minutes, put five shots on goal and was credited with four hits, according to the CBS Sports box score. He was also asked to take draws and won nine of 14. He finished plus-2.

The goals were a payoff of sorts. Earlier in the week in Colorado, Hyry scored shorthanded on a breakaway, and Roope Hintz said afterward that he deserved it because he had been getting so many good looks without results. On Saturday the puck kept finding him, and he kept finishing.

"I felt like we kept pushing until the end, which has been our theme here," Hyry said. "Even though you're four goals up, just keep pushing, keep pushing and trying to improve your game."

The rest of the night

Jake Oettinger needed only 19 saves for his third shutout in six starts, and Hintz scored the fourth goal midway through the third period before taking a puck to the right hand or wrist late in the game. Coach Glen Gulutzan, who earned his 200th NHL win according to the AP, did not have an update on Hintz afterward.

Dallas is 4-3-1 and has won two in a row. A depth forward producing goals matters for a team that has kept pucks out of its own net better than anyone but has struggled to score, and Hyry now has three goals in his last two games, both on the road.

The Stars play their next game at home Tuesday against Boston.

Sources

nhl.com

CBS Sports

hockey-reference.com

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