BOSTON – – Casey DeSmith made 25 saves, Tyler Seguin and Matt Duchene each had a goal and two assists and the Dallas Stars handed the Boston Bruins their third straight loss, 5-2, on Thursday night.

The Stars also got goals from Jason Robertson, Logan Stankoven and Roope Hintz. Mason Marchment had two assists as Dallas scored four unanswered goals after David Pastrnak gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 11:57 of the first period.

Jeremy Swayman made 27 saves for the Bruins, who cut the Stars’ lead to 4-2 after Justin Brazeau’s goal at 10:41 of the second period. Still down two goals with time winding down in the third period, Boston pulled Swayman.

Hintz provided the finishing touch with an empty-netter with 2:02 remaining.

Takeaways

Stars: A Dallas team that finished last season with a Western Conference-best 114 points won four straight to start the season before dropping two of three before facing Boston. With the NHL’s best penalty kill unit, the Stars were successful on three of Boston’s four extra-skater opportunities.

Bruins: Pastrnak returned to the scoring column after being held off the scoresheet and posting a combined minus-four in Boston’s previous two games.

Key moment

Seguin’s goal in the second period capped the Stars’ dominance on the power play and epitomized the problems the Bruins encountered on the penalty kill.

Key stat

A Bruins team entering Thursday’s game ranked second in the NHL in penalty minutes and allowed six opponent power-play goals in seven games, allowing the Stars to score three times in the second period on the man advantage over a period of nine minutes.

Next

Stars: Return home Saturday to host Chicago before heading to Finland to play Florida twice.

Bruins: Host Toronto in the middle game of a three-game homestand on Saturday night.

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This story has been updated to correct that Dallas will play one game at home before playing two in Finland.

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