Red Wings lose 6-3 in Dallas, winless streak at three games

Dallas — It’s becoming difficult for the Red Wings to get a win.

The winless streak reached three games Monday, as the Dallas Stars defeated the Wings 6-3.

Joe Veleno’s power-play goal at 13:21 cut the Dallas lead to 4-3. But Michael Rasmussen’s tripping penalty put Dallas back on the power play, and Joe Pavelski quickly regained the two-goal lead for Dallas, 5-3, 30 seconds after Veleno scored.

Miro Heiskanen clinched the outcome with an empty-net goal.

Daniel Sprong and Jonatan Berggren added the Wings’ goals, but it wasn’t enough against a Dallas team that was smarting after an ugly loss at home Saturday to Vegas.

Winning will be difficult for the Wings (14-9-4) after a sudden spate of injuries and a six-game suspension to David Perron announced Monday by the NHL department of player safety for Perron’s crosscheck to the face of Ottawa’s Artem Zub.

Dylan Larkin, J.T. Compher and Klim Kostin were all put on injured reserve Monday, definitely cutting into the Wings’ depth.

Heiskanen (power play and empty net), Esa Lindell, Jason Robertson and Matt Duchene added the Stars’ (16-8-3) goals.

Goaltender James Reimer stopped 28 shots for the Wings in his first start since Nov. 16. Jake Oettinger made 27 saves for the Stars.

The Wings were tied 1-1 Monday until Dallas broke the tie on Lindell’s goal with under a second left on the clock. Lindell’s shot from the top of slot beat Reimer and proved to be difficult to overcome.

Robertson and Duchene scored 2:27 apart midway in the second period to extend the Dallas lead to 4-1, before Berggren got on eback at 13:52, 22 seconds after Duchene scored, tapping in a rebound of Shayne Gostisbehere’s shot.

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