The Dallas Stars were on a tear but ultimately were simmered down by the Nashville Predators and Arizona Coyotes. Tyler Seguin, in those two losses, was kept to a minimum, as both teams kept him off the scoreline in every manner. Tuesday night, the Stars got back to the winning recipe and Seguin cooked up two goals and an assist to record yet another multi-goal game. The center had only two multi-goal games in 2018, but since the new year hit he has recorded five games with a couple of goals.

Let’s not forget that Seguin hasn’t been the only part about this teams winning ways. Granted Seguin, in 40 games before the new year, had 11 goals and 23 assists, and now has 13 goals and seven assists in 16 games in 2019. Goaltending has been huge for the organization as Anton Khudobin has stepped up in Ben Bishop’s absence. Something Kari Lehtonen struggled with for Dallas last season as the Stars declined all the way out of the playoffs.

Khudobin goes to show that Dallas had a solid offseason in free agency despite being somewhat quieter compared to the last offseason. The goaltender ranks second in the league for save percentage with a .927 and then his goals against average ranks fourth in the league at 2.34.

That’s a good sign, mainly because the decline last season was due to poor goaltending down the stretch and an inability of Lehtonen to spell Bishop for too long. This season, it doesn’t look as if a decline will be due to goaltending; if at all, it will be due to a lack of offensive production.

Although, since acquiring Andrew Cogliano, something has clicked and this Stars team has found a winning recipe with a blend of play in both zones. The offense has gained more consistency and it’s shown with a last 10 record of 6-3-1.

With Bishop still looking at returning later this week from an upper-body injury, Khudobin got another start and his second shutout of the year. He shut down all 30 shots sent to him while Seguin did the work on the other end. The pair was the game’s top stars as Dallas blanked the Florida Panthers 3-0 Tuesday night.

Seguin opened up the scoring in the first period with a tip-in coming from Roope Hintz. Seguin cut a quick pass over to Hintz as they were entering the zone which got half the defense muddled up and the other to swing over to Hintz leaving Seguin in the middle.

A+ dish from Hintz and A+ deflection by Seguin. #GoStars pic.twitter.com/zGK14ZyYKs — Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) February 13, 2019

Up 1-0 and in the second period, Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, and Esa Lindell had the smooth passing around the net for the Stars’ second goal of the game. In the slot, it was Seguin dishing the puck to Lindell open in front of Roberto Luongo for the assist and a Lindell goal, his eight of the season, marking a career high.

If you're feeling stressed, just watch this puck movement. #GoStars pic.twitter.com/JLcZKBqP6e — Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) February 13, 2019

Throughout the game, Dallas seemed to kill off penalty after penalty, stepping up to make Florida go 0-4 on the power play. Somewhat surprising as the key to the game was keeping Florida off the penalty since the Panthers are ranked third in power-play percentage with 25.9%. The Stars’ fifth-ranked penalty kill (83.2%), also came to play.

Tyler Seguin finished off the game with an empty-netter to continue to steal the show and seal the 3-0 Stars win.

The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche have been on somewhat of a slide helping the Stars out. The St. Louis Blues are putting together some wins with an 8-2 last 10 record and are making a push towards Dallas in third, only two points off with 61.