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DALLAS (AP) — Devin Shore believes in linemate Tyler Seguin — and in the hockey concept of puck luck.Shore scored his second goal of the game to break a tie Authentic Oscar Lindberg Jersey , Anton Khudobin tied a season high with 33 saves and the Dallas Stars beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Thursday night.Dillon Heatherington’s shot from the left point went off a defender’s leg to Shore in the left circle, and he beat Sharks goalie Martin Jones with 5:47 to play.“That was just a lucky break,” Shore said. “They blocked the shot and it landed right on my stick. Hockey’s a pretty chaotic game. The bounce went our way for that one.”Khudobin stopped a breakaway by Joe Thornton with just more than a minute left.“I dialed him five-hole,” Thornton said, “and it didn’t lock. I’d like to have it back, but you can’t. I should have made a better play.”Stars coach Jim Montgomery said Khudobin’s play was an example to the team.“His will to never stop, his second and third effort I think gives confidence to the players to give that same third effort. The way he competes in the crease is the way our team needs to compete for 60 minutes.”Dallas moved among the top three in the Central Division standings. San Jose fell two points behind Pacific Division leader Vancouver.Seguin, the Stars’ leading scorer, had his first goal in 13 games and an assist. Gemel Smith also scored for Dallas.Evander Kane, Timo Meier and Joe Pavelski scored for San Jose. Brent Burns had two assists, and Jones made 18 saves.San Jose tied it at 3 with 12:14 left. Burns’ pass went to Kane at the edge of the right faceoff circle. Kane half-whiffed on the shot, but it went behind defenseman Julius Honka and slid past a screened Khudobin.The Sharks tied it 1-all in the first period on Meier’s 12th goal of the season.Shore opened the scoring at 8:57 when Seguin passed to him in the left faceoff circle, and he lifted a wrist shot into the upper left corner.Shore said it has helped him to play on a line with Seguin.“It’s incredible. He’s a world-class talent and a big part of our team. When you get thrown on a line with a player like that http://www.goldenknightsshoponline.com/authentic-reilly-smith-jersey , you try to play the same game and do what makes you a good player to complement him,” Shore said.Seguin and Smith scored 45 seconds apart in the second period. Seguin intercepted a pass in the slot and fired a wrist shot past Jones at 6:57. On the next possession, passes by Miro Heiskanen and Jason Dickinson created an easy tip-in for Smith.“That was a strange game,” San Jose coach Peter De Boer said. “I liked our first period. Then I looked up, and we’re down 3-1. We made some soft plays with the puck or poor decisions, and they’re a team that can stick them in the back of the net. I liked our push, but if you score three you should be getting points.”Pavelski redirected a shot by Burns to get the Sharks to 3-2.NOTES: Meier moved into a tie for the NHL lead with his 12th goal. He has scored in 11 of 13 games (11 goals, five assists). … Stars D John Klingberg left in the third period with an upper-body injury from blocking a shot. Montgomery said Klingberg will be out “at least three weeks.” . Thornton played in his 1,500th game over 21 seasons, including 14 with San Jose. He is among 19 players to reach that total. The only current player who has played more games is former Sharks teammate Patrick Marleau, now with Toronto. Thornton’s assist on the goal by Pavelski was his 1,032nd, one behind Mario Lemieux for 11th all-time. … RW Denis Gurianov William Karlsson Jersey , the Stars’ top draft pick in 2015, was recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League and played in his second NHL game. … The officiating crew was one short because linesman Darren Gibbs was ill.UP NEXTSharks: Complete a two-game, two-night trip Friday at St. Louis.Stars: Play the second of a four-game homestand Saturday against Western Conference leader Nashville. NEW YORK (AP) The New York Islanders had fun again Tuesday night. Getting just their second win in the last month and beating the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions will do that.Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech scored in the first period and the Islanders went on to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1. Anders Lee had a goal in the third period and Jordan Eberle added an empty-netter to help New York improve to 2-7-4 since Feb. 19.”This feels good,” Lee said. “It’s nice to get a win. We knew we were going to come in and face a really good team that has a lot to play for and a division team we have big battles with. I thought we played a pretty good 60 minutes.”Christopher Gibson, pulled in his last start after giving up five goals on 12 shots against Washington last Thursday, stopped 36 shots and has both wins for New York during its recent stretch.The Islanders were contending for a playoff spot until the last several weeks. However, they are now likely to miss the postseason for the second straight year as they trail New Jersey by double-digit points for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference with nine games remaining.”The last month we’re obviously in a tough spot,” Barzal said. ”It could be a frustrating last 10 games here but winning is going to lift our spirits a little bit and hopefully we can make the best out of it.”Conor Sheary scored for Pittsburgh, which was 5-1-1 in its previous seven but fell four points behind first-place Washington in the tight Metropolitan Division. Columbus pulled into a tie with the Penguins for second at 87 points – Pittsburgh holds the tiebreaker over the Blue Jackets.”We beat ourselves,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. ”We didn’t defend hard. We lacked discipline. We didn’t have a good start.”Matt Murray, returning after missing nine games due to a concussion, finished with 36 saves for the Penguins.Pittsburgh, playing for the first time since winning at Montreal last Thursday Authentic Blake Wheeler Jersey , came in with the NHL’s best power play at 25.8 percent and went 0 for 1 against the Islanders – last in penalty-killing at 74.9 percent.”We did a really good job of staying out of the box,” New York coach Doug Weight said. ”That fuels a lot of their momentum. … They’re so gifted at the man advantage. So I like that we were disciplined in that regard.”New York led 2-0 after one period until Sheary got Pittsburgh on the scoreboard late in the second. He took a pass across the slot from Phil Kessel and one-timed it past Gibson from the right circle for his 15th with 2:46 to go on the Penguins’ 26th shot on goal.Lee got a pass from Barzal and put it past Murray from the left side for his career-high 36th at 5:41 of the third to make it 3-1. Barzal’s assist was his 55th, tying him with Nicklas Backstrom (2007-08) for the second-most by a rookie since 1995. Penguins star Sidney Crosby tops the list with 63 in 2005-06.Eberle capped the scoring with his empty-net goal, his 25th, with 2 1/2 minutes to go.Barzal got the Islanders on the board 5:10 into the game as he tipped a hard shot from the top of the right circle by Johnny Boychuk past Murray for his 20th.”When you kind of creep around 15, 16, obviously 20 is a big number and a cool number,” Barzal said. ”It’s nice to get, but at the end of the day I’m trying to grow as a player and I’m not really worrying about the numbers.”Riley Sheahan had a chance to tie it for the Penguins a little more than a minute later when he got the puck after Barzal fell down by his blue line. Sheahan skated in on Gibson, but the goalie denied his attempt from the left side.Pelech made it 2-0 with 9:27 left in the opening period as he got a pass from Tanner Fritz and fired it past Murray from straightaway for his third.NOTES: Crosby’s 13-game point streak vs. the Islanders was snapped. He had nine goals and 14 assists against them during that stretch. … Sheary got his third goal since Jan. 20, including two at Philadelphia on March 7. … Pittsburgh fell short of its first season sweep against the Islanders. The Penguins won the first three meetings, including two in overtime. … Islanders D Thomas Hickey played in his 400th career game. … New York D Nick Leddy celebrated his 27th birthday.UP NEXTPenguins: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night in the opener of three-game homestand.Islanders: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night in the third game of a five-game homestand.—Follow Vin Cherwoo at www.twitter.com/VinCherwooAP—