Wyatt Johnston tallies twice, Stars beat Kraken to run streak to 7

Wyatt Johnston scored twice and Thomas Harley added two assists as the Dallas Stars topped the visiting Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Wednesday night.

Matt Duchene and Sam Steel also scored, with Duchene adding an assist, as the Stars extended their winning streak to seven and won for the eighth time in nine games.

Casey DeSmith made 18 saves to improve to 3-0-0 against Seattle this season.

With the win, Dallas swept the three-game season series against the Kraken and improved to 13-1-1 all-time against Seattle.

Ryker Evans responded for the Kraken, who lost for just the third time in nine games. Joey Daccord stopped 28 shots.

The Stars outshot the Kraken 10-3 and led 1-0 after 20 minutes.

Dallas opened the scoring with 1:19 remaining in the first as Johnston tipped an Esa Lindell point shot past Daccord for his 30th goal of the season.

Duchene made it 2-0 at 1:43 of the middle period, redirecting a Harley shot from the blue line past Daccord for his 11th. With the goal, Duchene extended his point streak to seven games (seven goals, three assists).

Dallas scored twice in a 39-second span to double its lead.

The Stars took a 3-0 lead as Steel poked home the rebound off Mavrik Bourque's shot at 5:35. Seattle unsuccessfully tried to challenge for goaltender interference on the play.

Johnston added his second of the game on a power play as Miro Heiskanen's shot deflected off the Stars forward and in at 6:14.

Evans got Seattle on the board at 6:46 of the third, putting a slapshot past DeSmith for his sixth of the season.

Kraken defenseman Ryan Lindgren left the game in the first period with an undisclosed injury, following a collision with Stars forward Colin Blackwell, and did not return.

--Field Level Media