Mason Marchment scored two goals and an assist and Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin each had a goal and an assist as the host Dallas Stars defeated the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Friday night.

Roope Hintz also scored a goal, Jake Oettinger stopped 29 shots and Miro Heiskanen had two assists for Dallas, which snapped a two-game deficit.

Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, Valeri Nichushkin and Artturi Lehkonen also scored, Cale Makar had two assists and Alexandar Georgiev made 19 saves for Colorado.

Seguin gave Dallas a 1-0 lead on the power play when he beat Georgiev with a shot from a tight angle over the goalie’s shoulder at 5:36 of the first period. It was his ninth goal of the season.

The Avalanche responded shortly after with their first power play. Rantanen hit the post with a shot, the puck landed in front of the net and Nichushkin tipped it in from Oettinger at 13:56 of the first.

It was Nichushkin’s third goal of the season and his second goal in as many games.

The Stars took the lead back 32 seconds later on an odd-man rush. Marchment passed to Heiskanen, whose shot bounced off Georgiev’s back before Marchment pushed it inside the right post at 14:28.

Dallas scored two goals in the second half and went into the break confidently. Benn made it 3-1 at 7:07 when Georgiev stopped Heiskanen’s shot and Benn converted the rebound for the fifth time this season.

Hintz, returning after missing a game, received a pass from Wyatt Johnston in the slot and buried Georgiev’s pass for his ninth goal, an 18:42 power play tally and a 4-1 Dallas lead.

Colorado got back into the game in the third period. Lehkonen made it 4-2 after just 1:02 minutes when his shot deflected off Stars defender Ilya Lyubushkin and past Oettinger for the fourth time this season.

Rantanen brought the Avalanche within one point with his 15th goal of the season at 8:03. Georgiev came on late for an extra skater, but Marchment scored into an empty net at 17:17, his ninth goal of the season.

–Field level media