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DALLAS (AP) — Jason Dickinson held his confidence Adidas Anthony Duclair Jersey , even when he was a healthy scratch the first two games of the season.On a night of many first, Dickinson had two goals and an assist in his first multipoint game, and the Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Thursday.“I felt confident from the first game, even when Coach took me out of the lineup,” Dickinson said. “It was a matter of execution and just getting to the net.“It’s nice to get it out of the way and stop fighting myself in my head.”All seven goals came from players who hadn’t scored yet this season. Roman Polak, rookie Miro Heiskanen and Mattias Janmark scored for Dallas, and Ben Bishop made 23 saves.Heiskanen became the youngest Dallas defenseman to score a goal, at 19 years and 99 days. Teammates piled on him after he finished off a 2-on-1 rush.“They were excited of course,” Heiskanen said. “I was, too. That’s a great feeling. It made it a little bit more comfortable.”Stars coach Jim Montgomery predicted there will be many more.“I think people are just happy to be out there for his first of, I don’t know, 200 that are going to happen at least in his career.“It’s not a normal 19-year-old kid,” Montgomery said. “We’re very lucky to have him.”The Stars have won two straight and are 5-2 at home.“If you look at a picture of what Stars hockey should look like Adidas Martin Hanzal Jersey , that’s tonight,” Montgomery said. “We possessed the puck, we were fast, we were physical. We defended well.”Ryan Getzlaf had two goals for Anaheim, which lost its fourth straight. Montgomery said the goals were “Getzlaf being Getzlaf.”John Gibson stopped 36 shots for the Ducks.“Embarrassing,” captain Getzlaf said, “the way we play defense and the way we swing our sticks around and not help our goalie.”Dickinson got his fourth goal in 45 career games on a 2-on-1 rush with Brett Ritchie five minutes into the game.“It was kind of an easy play,” Dickinson said. “Once I got in too close and I felt (Ritchie) was taken away, I just saw a chance to take it to the back side, which just opened up.”Getzlaf tied it with a wrist shot before Polak put Dallas ahead midway through the period.Dickinson assisted on that goal, only the 26th for Polak in 695 games.“I was just going to the net and trying to make a move,” Polak said, “and the only thing I had was a backhand Adidas Blake Comeau Jersey , so I guess I was lucky.”Getzlaf tied it again at 3:09 of the second. After the shot went in, a skirmish broke out, resulting in one major and one minor penalty for each team. In the period, Dallas totaled 15 penalty minutes and Anaheim had 13.The Stars broke the tie with second-period goals by Heiskanen, Janmark and Dickinson for a 5-2 lead.“Everybody wants to chip in,” Dickinson said. “We’re getting a little more depth scoring now, and everybody’s feeling good. We’re playing hard and that makes it difficult for other teams with all four lines.”NOTES: The Stars scored five goals in each of two wins against Anaheim this season. … The Ducks played in Dallas for the second time in 13 nights. The season series will end with a game in Anaheim on Dec. 12. … Dallas RW Brett Ritchie, 25, and his younger brother Nick, 22, played against each other for the seventh time in their NHL careers. Each had an assist, his first point while playing against each other. Nick Ritchie left the game during the second period with an upper-body injury. … Stars RW Alexander Radulov (lower-body injury), who usually skates on the line with Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn Adidas Erik Condra Jersey , missed his third straight game.UP NEXTDucks: Return home for a four-game homestand beginning Sunday against San Jose.Stars: Begin a six-game trip, their longest of the season, Sunday at Detroit. NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL is criticizing an arbitrator’s decision to reduce the suspension of Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson, who pleaded no contest in July to a domestic assault charge. Watson received a 27-game suspension from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman last month. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association announced Thursday that arbitrator Shyam Das had reduced it to 18 games .The NHL issued a statement Friday saying that “we are disappointed with the Arbitrator’s decision.”“We firmly believe that the right of appeal to an arbitrator of League discipline was never intended to substitute the arbitrator’s judgment for that of the Commissioner, particularly on matters of important League policy and the articulation of acceptable standards of conduct for individuals involved in the National Hockey League,” the NHL said in its statement.The NHL added that “we will not hesitate to adhere to and enforce — through firm discipline as necessary — the standards of personal conduct we feel are appropriate for our league.”The NHL doesn’t have a written domestic violence policy and takes each situation on a case by case basis.The NHLPA also released a statement Friday, saying: “The NHLPA takes domestic violence seriously and continues to work together with the NHL to ensure that players are educated on this important societal issue. “As part of those efforts, the NHL/NHLPA conduct domestic violence awareness training at our Rookie Orientation Program and during the season for all NHL players.“The CBA provides players with the right to appeal discipline imposed by the NHL for off-ice conduct to an impartial arbitrator. This essential right is intended to encourage the fair and consistent application of discipline. The arbitrator’s independence helps ensure that the process and decision are fair. That is a principle to which we should always strive to adhere, even in cases where the subject matter is as difficult as domestic violence.” Watson was arrested June 16 after a witness flagged down a police officer to a gas station in Franklin, Tennessee. Watson told police he and his girlfriend were arguing and that he pushed her. Officers said they found red marks on her chest, and she said Watson caused them. Watson pleaded no contest to domestic assault on July 24. He can have the misdemeanor charge dismissed by fulfilling terms of his judicial diversion program. Watson must serve three months of probation and complete both an in-patient treatment program and a batterer’s intervention program.Watson is a former first-round draft pick who scored a career-high 14 goals and had five assists in 76 games during the 2017-18 regular season. He had five goals and three assists in 13 playoff games.The 26-year-old Watson has 23 goals and 24 assists in 216 career regular-season games, all with the Predators.