Stars ride fiery offensive outburst to top Wild

The lone game on Monday's slate provided some pop.

The Dallas Stars came out hot against the Minnesota Wild and kept the offensive onslaught coming for a 7-4 victory.

Jamie Benn, Denis Gurianov, Jason Robertson, and Miro Heiskanen all tallied a pair of points as the Stars handed their Central Division rivals a fourth straight loss.

Joe Pavelski built on his four-point night against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday, opening the scoring less than two minutes in. Defenseman Esa Lindell made it 2-0 by striking shorthanded for his first goal of the season.

Minnesota was able to claw back, with Ryan Hartman and Kevin Fiala each scoring to tie it up, but Tyler Seguin fired off a wrister late in the opening frame to regain the lead.

The Stars punished the Wild for a couple of turnovers in the final period, with Jacob Peterson and Miro Heiskanen scoring one minute apart to seemingly deliver the dagger into Minnesota's comeback hopes.

The Wild pulled Talbot with 9:20 left in the contest and Fiala scored his second to bring them to within two goals, but they would get no closer as Benn scored on the empty net with a minute-and-a-half left.

Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek left midway through the second period after taking a hit from Stars blue-liner Jani Hakanpaa in the corner. Eriksson Ek was unable to return to the contest with an upper-body injury.

Talbot made 22 saves on 28 shots, while Jake Oettinger fared a bit better for the Stars, making 19 stops on 23 shots against.

The Wild fell to 19-9-2 on the season, while the Stars improved to 15-12-2.