DALLAS (AP) — Stars coach Ken Hitchcock played a hunch early Saturday, and it paid off quickly.
Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin — put together on the same line in the early going — scored first-period goals within a span of 6 1/2 minutes, leading the Stars past the Edmonton Oilers 5-1.
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