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Stars defeat Panthers 6-4; Dallas goalie carted off ice

Nov 17, 2022, 5:01 AM | Updated: 7:54 pm

Dallas Stars goaltender Scott Wedgewood is attended to after a play during the second period of an ...

Dallas Stars goaltender Scott Wedgewood is attended to after a play during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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              Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23) is congratulated by center Sam Bennett (9) after Verhaeghe scored a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz, left, celebrates his goal with center Joe Pavelski (16) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz (24) scores against Florida Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight (30) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk (19) and Dallas Stars defenseman Jani Hakanpaa (2) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk (19) and Dallas Stars left wing Mason Marchment (27) fight during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn (14) and Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad (5) battle for the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Florida Panthers defenseman Marc Staal (18) and Dallas Stars center Joe Pavelski (16) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) is congratulated by teammates after the Stars beat the Florida Panthers 6-4, in an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Dallas Stars goaltender Scott Wedgewood lies on the ice after a play during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
            
              Dallas Stars goaltender Scott Wedgewood is attended to after a play during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Dallas Stars scored four goals in the first period and held off the Florida Panthers 6-4 on Thursday night despite losing starting goalie Scott Wedgewood to injury.

Wedgewood was carted off the ice by paramedics not long after making a save on Anton Lundell in the second period.

Roope Hintz scored his first of two goals 4:58 into the game before teammates Nils Lundqvist, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin all scored to close out the opening period.

The Panthers, playing without captain Aleksander Barkov due to an undisclosed illness, had goals from Carter Verhaeghe, Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Reinhart and Matthew Tkachuk.

After being attended to by Dallas medical personnel, paramedics were called onto the ice to put Wedgewood onto a backboard before placing him on a stretcher.

Wedgewood ended his night with 21 saves as the Stars held a 5-2 lead at the time of the injury.

Although there was no official update on Wedgewood’s condition from the team immediately following the game, Seguin said “his spirits seem a lot better now and it is nice seeing him walking around. I gave him a high-5.”

Wedgewood was treated at the arena and not taken to a hospital.

Coach Peter DeBoer classified it as an “upper-body injury” and said Wedgewood would fly back with the team and be evaluated there.

“Obviously you never like to see that,” DeBoer said. “We found a way to get the win and we’ll cross our fingers here and hope Wedgewood is okay.”

The Stars took control of the contest by scoring three goals in the final five minutes of the first period upon taking a 1-0 lead.

Seguin’s goal came with 8.3 seconds remaining and was the final shot Sergei Bobrovsky (7 saves) faced as he was pulled for Spencer Knight to start the second.

Florida got back into the game with three goals in the second period — although Hintz scored at 10:56 to help give the Stars a two-goal lead after 40 minutes.

“We have not had nights like that, starts like that in the first period so when that first period was done, you don’t have a lot of options,” Florida coach Paul Maurice said. “But it is hard to do what we did, to slowly start to grind and get stronger, start to push back.”

The Panthers cut the deficit to a single goal with 6:03 remaining when Tkachuk found the net. Dallas ended the comeback bid on Ty Dellandrea’s empty-net goal with 17.9 seconds remaining.

“Great win, great road trip for us,” said DeBoer, whose team went 2-0-1 on this recent trip away from Dallas. “It is not the way we would have drawn it up but that’s a tough lead to play with … we got on our heels a little bit, bent but did not break.”

NOTES: With Barkov out of the lineup, Florida was forced to play a skater down as the team only has 20 players on its active roster due to salary cap constraints. … Hintz and Jason Robertson extended their individual point streaks to 10 consecutive games. Dave Gagner holds the Dallas franchise record with points in 13 consecutive games set in 1993. … The Panthers celebrated Roberto Luongo’s recent induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Thursday. Luongo, the only player to have his number retired by Florida, is currently in the team’s front office.

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