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DALLAS (AP) — Jason Dickinson held his confidence Rasmus Andersson Jersey Womens , even when he was a healthy scratch the first two games of the season.On a night of many first, Dickinson had two goals and an assist in his first multipoint game, and the Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Thursday.“I felt confident from the first game, even when Coach took me out of the lineup,” Dickinson said. “It was a matter of execution and just getting to the net.“It’s nice to get it out of the way and stop fighting myself in my head.”All seven goals came from players who hadn’t scored yet this season. Roman Polak, rookie Miro Heiskanen and Mattias Janmark scored for Dallas, and Ben Bishop made 23 saves.Heiskanen became the youngest Dallas defenseman to score a goal, at 19 years and 99 days. Teammates piled on him after he finished off a 2-on-1 rush.“They were excited of course,” Heiskanen said. “I was, too. That’s a great feeling. It made it a little bit more comfortable.”Stars coach Jim Montgomery predicted there will be many more.“I think people are just happy to be out there for his first of, I don’t know William Nylander Jersey , 200 that are going to happen at least in his career.“It’s not a normal 19-year-old kid,” Montgomery said. “We’re very lucky to have him.”The Stars have won two straight and are 5-2 at home.“If you look at a picture of what Stars hockey should look like, that’s tonight,” Montgomery said. “We possessed the puck, we were fast, we were physical. We defended well.”Ryan Getzlaf had two goals for Anaheim, which lost its fourth straight. Montgomery said the goals were “Getzlaf being Getzlaf.”John Gibson stopped 36 shots for the Ducks.“Embarrassing,” captain Getzlaf said, “the way we play defense and the way we swing our sticks around and not help our goalie.”Dickinson got his fourth goal in 45 career games on a 2-on-1 rush with Brett Ritchie five minutes into the game.“It was kind of an easy play,” Dickinson said. “Once I got in too close and I felt (Ritchie) was taken away, I just saw a chance to take it to the back side Zach Hyman Jersey , which just opened up.”Getzlaf tied it with a wrist shot before Polak put Dallas ahead midway through the period.Dickinson assisted on that goal, only the 26th for Polak in 695 games.“I was just going to the net and trying to make a move,” Polak said, “and the only thing I had was a backhand, so I guess I was lucky.”Getzlaf tied it again at 3:09 of the second. After the shot went in, a skirmish broke out, resulting in one major and one minor penalty for each team. In the period, Dallas totaled 15 penalty minutes and Anaheim had 13.The Stars broke the tie with second-period goals by Heiskanen, Janmark and Dickinson for a 5-2 lead.“Everybody wants to chip in,” Dickinson said. “We’re getting a little more depth scoring now, and everybody’s feeling good. We’re playing hard and that makes it difficult for other teams with all four lines.”NOTES: The Stars scored five goals in each of two wins against Anaheim this season. … The Ducks played in Dallas for the second time in 13 nights. The season series will end with a game in Anaheim on Dec. 12. … Dallas RW Brett Ritchie Alex Burmistrov Jersey , 25, and his younger brother Nick, 22, played against each other for the seventh time in their NHL careers. Each had an assist, his first point while playing against each other. Nick Ritchie left the game during the second period with an upper-body injury. … Stars RW Alexander Radulov (lower-body injury), who usually skates on the line with Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn, missed his third straight game.UP NEXTDucks: Return home for a four-game homestand beginning Sunday against San Jose.Stars: Begin a six-game trip, their longest of the season, Sunday at Detroit. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning found their offense, and in a big way.Victor Hedman http://www.officialcanucks.com/authentic-adidas-bo-horvat-jersey , Cedric Paquette and Yanni Gourde had first-period goals, and the Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 8-2 Saturday night.Brayden Point scored in both the second and third periods, and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 30 saves for Tampa Bay. Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov and J.T. Miller had the other Lightning goals.Tampa Bay, which led the NHL in goals last season, had scored just twice over 125 minutes in its first two games. The Lightning were held scoreless during the final 159:27 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Final by eventual Stanley Cup champion Washington.“Whether you get one or you get eight, your goal is to win the game,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “But I’m glad we only gave up two.”Columbus got goals from Josh Anderson and Oliver Bjorkstrand, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots.Columbus coach John Tortorella has been rotating his goaltending between Bobrovsky and Joonas Korpisalo.As the deficit mounded, Tortorella “had no thought about taking” Bobrovsky out.Hedman and Paquette scored before Gourde put the Lightning up 3-0 late in the first and stopped an 0 for 10 season-opening Tampa Bay power-play slide.“We had a strong presence in front of the net,” Hedman said. “A lot of the goals were scored around the crease.”Anderson Youth Brandon Sutter Jersey , who beat Tampa Bay’s Dan Girardi to wipeout a potential icing and soon after scored, and Bjorkstrand cut the Blue Jackets deficit to one in the second.Point’s goal with 44.6 seconds left in the second made it 4-2.“Just a kick in the teeth, that fourth goal as far as the bad bounce (off the end boards),” Tortorella said. “We found our game, had them on their heels a bit.”Point and Alex Killorn both had a power-play goal during a four-goal third-period that also saw Kucherov get his first goal.Miller got Tampa Bay’s fourth power-play goal with two-tenths of second left.“We really had them on the ropes in the second,” Columbus left wing Nick Foligno said. “We don’t handle momentum swings well when they’re going against us.”NOTES: Julian Green was among a group of U.S. Men’s National Soccer team players in attendance. They were watching both teams play soccer during a pregame workout when the Blue Jackets had their ball get stuck on an overhanging vent. After players attempted to dislodge it with a pole, a stadium worker retrieved the ball using a portable lift. … Columbus D Seth Jones, who sprained his knee during the preseason, could be back in two to four weeks. … Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos got his first assist this season but has no goals over 15 games, dating to last season.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Host Philadelphia Thursday night.Lightning: Play the fourth of a five-game homestand Tuesday night against Carolina.