Rantanen helps surging Stars ground struggling Jets 4-3

By Canadian Press on December 9, 2025.

WINNIPEG — Jason Robertson scored his team-leading 19th goal of the season and Mikko Rantanen contributed three assists as the Dallas Stars extended their points streak to 11 games with a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

The Stars are 9-0-2 in their last 11 games.

Esa Lindell, Roope Hintz and Alexander Petrovic also scored for the Stars (21-5-5). Wyatt Johnston contributed a pair of helpers.

Backup Casey DeSmith stopped 30 shots for Dallas. He’s only lost once in regulation this season (7-1-3).

Mark Scheifele scored twice for the Jets (14-14-1) in their first game of a four-game homestand. Logan Stanley also had a goal and Kyle Connor picked up a pair of assists.

Eric Comrie stopped 15 shots for Winnipeg, which is 2-7-1 in its last 10 games.

Winnipeg head coach Scott Arniel rejigged all four of his lines to try to spark more secondary scoring, including moving winger Gabriel Vilardi off the top line with Connor and Scheifele and putting Alex Iafallo into his spot.

The Jets responded by getting behind 3-0 early in the second period before Scheifele fired in his pair of goals in front of 13,675 fans at Canada Life Centre.

Lindell scored with the Stars’ first shot 44 seconds into the game.

Dallas entered the second period on the power play and Hintz netted his ninth goal of the season at 1:16. Seventy-five seconds later, Petrovic made it 3-0.

Connor picked off the puck on a clearing attempt by Stars defenceman Nils Lundkvist and passed it to Scheifele in the left circle, who fired it by DeSmith at 11:04.

Connor dished Scheifele the puck again to almost the same spot and the centre sent a one-timer from bended knee into the back of the net to make it 3-2 with 1:08 left in the middle frame.

After Robertson regained the Stars’ two-goal lead on the power play at 4:46 of the third, Stanley got his own rebound and made it 4-3 at 5:54.

TAKEAWAYS

Jets: Scheifele’s 15th and 16th goals of the season moved him past Connor (15) for the team’s lead in goals. Winnipeg has now allowed a power-play goal in six consecutive games, extending a season-long streak.

Stars: Rantanen’s three assists extended his points streak to seven games (three goals, 11 assists). Dallas already led the NHL in power-play goals with 30 entering the game and added two more (2-for-4).

KEY MOMENT

The Jets went on the power play with 2:30 left in the third period, but the Stars killed it off and kept Winnipeg 0-for-4 in the game. Dallas has not allowed a power-play goal against in its last nine games.

KEY STAT

The Stars continued their road success, extending their franchise record to 13 games (9-0-4) with a point.

UP NEXT

Stars: Visit the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.

Jets: Host the Boston Bruins on Thursday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 9, 2025.

Judy Owen, The Canadian Press