Robertson Scores Two as Stars Beat Islanders 6-3 for Fifth Straight Win

The Dallas Stars beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at American Airlines Center in Dallas, scoring three goals in the third period to break a 3-3 tie and win their fifth straight game.

Jason Robertson scored two goals for Dallas, one in the first period and one on a breakaway in the third period. The two goals gave Robertson his fourth straight multi-point game. He now has 13 points in his last nine games, with five goals and eight assists in that span, according to Reuters via Field Level Media.

Dallas breaks the tie in the third

The game was tied 3-3 after two periods. Dallas had led the scoring in the first period by two goals to one, New York outscored Dallas two to one in the second period, and neither team could separate itself until the third.

Wyatt Johnston gave Dallas a 4-3 lead from the slot at 4:10 of the third period. Robertson doubled the lead about five and a half minutes later on his breakaway goal. Mikko Rantanen capped the scoring with 6:58 remaining in the third period, completing a three-goal final period for Dallas and a scoreless third period for New York.

Johnston finished with a goal and an assist, and Tyler Seguin also had a goal and an assist for Dallas. Rantanen and Justin Hryckowian scored the other Dallas goals. Jake Oettinger made 17 saves for the Stars.

Schaefer passes Orr in a losing effort

New York defenseman Matthew Schaefer, 19, scored for the second straight game. The goal raised his career total to 25 goals and moved him past Bobby Orr for the second most goals by a teenage defenseman in NHL history. Phil Housley holds the top mark, with 46 goals scored before his 20th birthday, according to Reuters via Field Level Media.

Kyle Palmieri and Brayden Schenn also scored for New York. Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves for the Islanders. The loss ended the Islanders five-game point streak, in which they had gone 3-0-2. Sportradar listed Dallas at 7-3 and New York at 5-4 after the game.

Schenn said after the game: "We battled hard for two periods, but didn't play a smart third period."

A return to Dallas for DeBoer

The game was also the return to Dallas of Islanders head coach Pete DeBoer. DeBoer coached the Stars for three seasons, from 2022 to 2025, and took Dallas to the Western Conference final in each of those campaigns, according to Reuters via Field Level Media.

DeBoer said after the game: "Some stuff you have to clean up, and the lesson in that is we can't play that game against good teams."

For Dallas, the win continued a five-game winning run built on balanced scoring. Six different Stars players recorded a goal or an assist in the third period alone, and the Stars closed the game with three goals in the final period after New York had pulled level twice through the first forty minutes of play on Sunday night in Dallas.