EDMONTON Brayden Schenn Jersey , Alberta (AP) — The Dallas Stars‘ playoff prospects are looking a lot more secure.Jamie Benn scored the shootout winner and the Stars beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Thursday.Alexander Radulov and Miro Heiskanen scored in regulation for the surging Stars, who won their third straight game and tightened their hold on the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference.“There was no panic,” Benn said of his team being down 2-0 early in the second. “Obviously we took responsibility for our play in the first and it wasn’t good enough. We wanted to come out in the second and be tighter and better and then we won the third period and took advantage in the shootout. We’ll take the two points and move on.”In the conference standings, Dallas is five points up on Colorado and seven points ahead of Arizona.“I think it’s the will inside that locker room and it’s those players wanting not only to make the playoffs but to go in there and play the right way,” said Stars head coach Jim Montgomery.Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers, who have lost four of six and are all but eliminated from playoff contention.Edmonton got on the board first, five minutes into the opening period just as a power play expired. McDavid sent a pass across to Draisaitl, who beat Stars goalie Anton Khudobin for his 47th of the season.Draisaitl also picked up his 100th point of the season with the goal, joining McDavid in triple digits this season. They are the first Oilers duo to crack 100 points since 1988-1989 (Jari Kurri and Jimmy Carson).“He’s a guy who has been coming along and really playing good hockey,” McDavid said. “There has been a lot made of his game and I am really happy to see him do something like this.”It is also the first time a pair of teammates reached the mark since 2010, when Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom of the Washington Capitals accomplished the feat.“It’s a nice milestone for me personally Authentic Carl Gunnarsson Jersey , but it is tough to be too excited about that right now,” said Draisaitl, the first German player to hit the 100-point plateau.The Oilers added to their lead just over a minute into the second on a highlight-reel goal by McDavid.The goal was McDavid’s 40th of the season, making him the first Oiler to record back-to-back 40-goal campaigns since Kurri in 1989.Dallas got one back on the power play six minutes into the first when Radulov beat Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen high to the glove side.The Stars tied the game eight minutes into the third period when Heiskanen scored on a shot through a screen to make it 2-2.NOTE: It was the third and final meeting of the season between the two teams. The Stars won two of the three games. … Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop started Wednesday’s win over Calgary, but was injured midway through. Landon Bow was called up from Texas (AHL) to serve as backup for Thursday’s game.UP NEXTStars: At Vancouver on Saturday.Oilers: Close out a five-game homestand against Anaheim on Saturday. WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie and the Washington Capitals hardly came out looking like the reigning Stanley Cup champions against the NHL-worst Ottawa Senators. After less than 7½ minutes Tuesday night, Ottawa held a two-goal lead.“Didn’t look like the boys were too interested to start the game,” Oshie said. “But a good response.”Oshie scored twice in a four-goal second period to collect his 20th goal for a fourth season, and the Capitals turned things around quickly enough to end up beating Ottawa 7-2.Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson, Lars Eller, John Carlson and Brett Connolly also scored for Washington Colton Parayko Jersey , and Braden Holtby made 21 saves to help the Capitals win for the fourth time in their past five games.“If you give those guys an inch, they’ll take a foot, and that’s why they’re the Stanley Cup champions,” Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said. “They’re a formidable team, and we know where we are and how far we’ve got to travel to get to that level.”The Senators have dropped five games in a row, and seven of their past eight. They have the fewest points in the league and a roster depleted by a trade deadline sell-off.And yet the visitors jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 7 minutes, 10 seconds, with both scores coming courtesy of players that arrived in recent deals. Not just that, but the Senators took the game’s initial nine shots; the hosts didn’t get one until the first period was more than 10 minutes old.Less than 3½ minutes in, newly acquired Oscar Lindberg scored off a pass that Brian Gibbons slid through defenseman Michal Kempny’s legs. Ottawa doubled its lead on Anthony Duclair’s power-play goal. That gave the Senators twice as many goals as they had managed in their previous three games combined.“We weren’t happy with what was going on,” Carlson said. “It’s a good lesson for us http://www.officialblues.com/authentic- … kin-jersey , moving forward.”Said Eller: “The first 10 minutes, that wasn’t us.”But after sleepwalking at the start, Washington got going, scoring a pair of goals 53 seconds apart against goaltender Anders Nilsson and an overwhelmed defense to make it 2-all after one period.First came Wilson’s 18th goal, finishing a nice sequence featuring assists from Kuznetsov and Ovechkin, with 3:03 left in the period. Then it was Eller’s turn, scoring his eighth goal off a pass from Dmitry Orlov.The Capitals really turned it on in the second period. Carlson broke the tie with his 10th of the season, on a power play, and Oshie knocked home a rebound off a shot by Brooks Orpik to make it 4-2. Nicklas Backstrom assisted on both goals.Then came Connolly’s career-high 16th goal, off his own rebound, and Oshie made it 6-2 with 9½ minutes left in the period Youth Jaden Schwartz Jersey , prompting Boucher to yank Nilsson and replace him with Craig Anderson.“Our leadership group is strong,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said, “and I think they did a good job of pulling everyone into the fight.”NOTES: Kuznetsov headed to the locker room late in the second period after appearing to get hit by a puck, but he was back for the start of the third and scored just 17 seconds in. … Congressman John Lewis and Hockey Hall of Famer Willie O’Ree, who was the first black player in the NHL, participated in a ceremonial puck drop before the game to mark Black History Month. … The Senators are 8-22-1 on the road. … The Capitals have won 11 of 12 against the Senators.UP NEXTSenators: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.Capitals: Open a three-game road trip at the New York Islanders and former Washington coach Barry Trotz on Friday night. The teams are atop the Metropolitan Division with the same number of points, although the Islanders have played two fewer games.