Miro Heiskanen scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and added two assists as the visiting Dallas Stars rebounded from a slow start to earn a 3-2 victory Thursday over the Anaheim Ducks.
Roope Hintz and Joe Pavelski each scored second-period goals for the Stars, who finished off the victory in regulation time after a pair of shootouts to open the season. Jake Ottinger had 27 saves for Dallas.
Leo Carlsson scored for the Ducks in his NHL debut, while Troy Terry added a goal and an assist for Anaheim. John Gibson had 21 saves for the Ducks.
In addition to the debut of the 18-year-old Carlsson, the second overall draft pick earlier this year, defenseman Tristan Luneau also made his NHL debut for Anaheim. Luneau, 19, was a second-round selection in 2022.
Carlsson was on the ice in the first period when Terry redirected a rebound from a Trevor Zegras shot into the goal past Ottinger at 4:37 for his first of the season. The Ducks dominated the first period, with a 17-7 advantage on shots.
The roles were reversed in the second period, with the Stars holding a 12-1 advantage on shots. Dallas got even at just past the midway point of the game, finishing a length-of-the-ice rush when Pavelski sent a pass to a charging Hintz, for his first goal of the season.
The Stars jumped in front 2-1 at 18:06 of the second period when Heiskanen fired the puck into the slot and Pavelski deflected it into the goal past Gibson, his second.
Carlsson tied it 2-2 one minute into the third period when he took a pass from Terry while on a two-on-one break and beat Ottinger with a wrist shot. At 18 years, 297 days, Carlsson became the third-youngest Ducks player to make his debut.
The Stars moved in front for good at 6:47 of the third period when Heiskanen worked his way to the left side of the Ducks goal and sent in a centering pass that rebounded off the skate of Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler and into the goal for his first of the season.
–Field Level Media
