Stars Beat Islanders 6-3 in Dallas, Snapping New York's Five-Game Points Streak The Dallas Stars defeated the New York Islanders 6-3 on Sunday night at American Airlines Center, ending the Islanders' five-game points streak in Pete DeBoer's return to Dallas. The Dallas Stars beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Sunday night at American Airlines Center, snapping the Islanders' five-game points streak and handing Pete DeBoer a loss in his return to Dallas. DeBoer coached the Stars from 2022 to 2025, posting a 149-68-29 record before his shock ouster. He faced his former team for the first time since, and the night included reminders of the Islanders' limitations, namely their lack of speed. The Islanders entered the game with a five-game points streak, going 3-0-2, but fell to 11 games into the season with a performance that exposed how they can be exploited.Islanders Defense Struggles Against DallasDallas got pucks behind Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock and beat them to it, and handled dump-ins from New York's third and fourth lines with ease. Ilya Sorokin finished with stops on just 32 of the 38 shots he saw, giving up five or more goals for just the fourth time since last season, three of which came after March 5. The defense in front of him was not impressive.Jake Oettinger, whose .939 save percentage trails only Sergei Bobrovsky among active goalies, earned the win in net for Dallas. By the end of the night, pockets of the crowd chanted Otter's better. Wyatt Johnston gave Dallas its fourth lead of the night 4:10 into the third period, getting open in the slot after the Islanders overcommitted to the strong side and burying the puck. Johnston, a 23-year-old center, is off to a solid start after an 86-point rookie season.Jason Robertson then floated behind Pelech and was sprung by Tyler Seguin's pass before scoring to make it 5-3. Robertson also capitalized on a split-second of indecision from Brayden Schenn behind his own net earlier in the game to turn it into a goal. The Islanders showed character by fighting back from deficits of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 to go into the last 20 minutes tied at three.Islanders Rally With Multiple Tying GoalsSchenn deposited Anthony Duclair's feed from behind the net past Oettinger at 17:45 of the second period to tie the game. Matthew Schaefer turned on the jets and blew past Johnston to tie the game at one. Kyle Palmieri then made an excellent play to catch Pulock's shot off the endboards and flip it into the net on his backhand to tie it at two.Justin Hryckowian scored on the power play for Dallas after Schenn's error, and Seguin scored on the rush after the Islanders failed to record a shot for over seven minutes to start the game. The loss came despite the Islanders' disciplined defense, which has conceded the third-fewest goals per game at 2.20, behind only Dallas at 1.60 and Carolina at 2.15. Dallas rode a four-game winning streak into the matchup.Rantanen Hit Adds Tension To RivalryThe game carried extra tension as the first meeting since Mikko Rantanen's boarding hit on Alexander Romanov last season, which ended Romanov's year and drew the ire of then-coach Patrick Roy. Rantanen was punished with a game misconduct last November, but Romanov suffered a season-ending injury and is now out again with a torn ACL expected to sideline him 6-8 months. The Islanders were also without Mathew Barzal due to injury.Young players Matthew Schaefer and Victor Eklund have stepped up recently, with Schaefer netting his first goal of the year and Eklund scoring back-to-back. The game kicked off a critical Western swing for the Islanders, with upcoming stops in Nashville and Minnesota before a Halloween matinee against Edmonton. For a team aiming for the top of the Metropolitan Division, those points are essential.