By KEN POWTAK Associated Press<\/p>\n
Viktor Arvidsson had three goals including two empty-netters, Elias Lindholm scored a tiebreaking, power-play goal 13 seconds into the third period and the Boston Bruins helped their playoff push with a 6-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marat Khusnutdinov and Henri Jokiharju also scored for the Bruins, who won their fourth straight game and hold the Eastern Conference’s top wild-card spot. David Pastrnak collected three assists, and Joonas Korpisalo made 13 saves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jamie Benn, Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston each had a goal for Dallas, and Jake Oettinger stopped 17 shots. Johnston’s was his 41st.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heading to the playoffs for the fifth straight year after clinching a little over a week ago, the Stars have lost seven of nine as they attempt to get straightened out before pursuing their fourth consecutive trip to the Western Conference final.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the very end of a power play, Lindholm fired a wrister from the right circle that beat Oettinger inside the far post, making it 3-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jokiharju then scored his first goal as a Bruin, firing a wrister in from the slot at 5:51 to give Boston a two-goal edge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arvidsson sealed it with his first empty-netter, sending Boston to its 28th home win this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Coming off a three-goal, third-period comeback in Columbus on Sunday that capped a solid weekend, the Bruins jumped ahead when Khusnutdinov scored off a rebound midway into the opening period.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arvidsson knocked in Pastrnak’s pass from the crease, making it 2-0 with 1:09 left in the first, before Benn’s score sliced it to 2-1 4:49 into the second.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duchene stole the puck at the side of the net and shoveled it from the edge of the crease, tying it at 16:53 of the second.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Up Next\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stars: Host Winnipeg on Thursday night.
Bruins: At Florida Thursday night, the first of a four-game trip.<\/p>\n