Adam Fox, Kaapo Kakko and Vincent Trocheck scored for the Rangers (37-16-3), who extended their season-long winning streak in their first game since their 6-5 overtime victory against the New York Islanders in the 2024 Navy Federal Credit Union Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
Miro Heiskanen scored, and Scott Wedgewood made 23 saves for the Stars (34-15-8), who lost their third straight game (0-1-2).
Heiskanen played in his 400th NHL game after missing Dallas’ previous game against the Boston Bruins on Monday because of the birth of his child.
Fox gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 7:46 of the first period.
Alexis Lafreniere kept the puck alive in the crease behind Wedgewood. Artemi Panarin came in from the left side and took it off the left post, went behind the net and found Fox cutting in through the right face-off circle for a one-timer with Wedgewood out of position.
Kakko made it 2-0 with a 4-on-4 goal at 8:23 of the second period. Kakko, K’Andre Miller and Erik Gustafsson ran a weave up top, and Gustafsson eventually found Kakko in the left circle with some space to shoot, beating Wedgewood with a high shot over his blocker.
Heiskanen cut it to 2-1 at 9:10 on the power play, scoring from the bottom of the left circle off a pass across the slot from Jamie Benn.
Shesterkin kept it 2-1 with a highlight-reel, windmill glove save on Wyatt Johnston at 17:26.
In the third period, he preserved the one-goal lead with two saves on Tyler Seguin; the first with his right toe off a netfront deflection at 15:29 and one second later by reaching across the crease with his blocker to keep Seguin from scoring into what initially looked like an empty net.
Trocheck scored into the empty net at 18:19 for the 3-1 final.
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