Wilson’s outburst came amid mounting frustration. The Capitals dominated long stretches of the game, outshooting the Stars 24-19 by the final horn.

On a night when Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin had the opportunity to score the 900th goal of his Hall of Fame career, the Dallas Stars spoiled the p

It was an unusual scoreline Tuesday for two teams with a lot of goal-scoring firepower, and the Dallas Stars extended their win streak to three with a 1-0 shutout of the Washington Capitals.

DALLAS -- Jake Oettinger stopped all 24 shots he faced, and the Dallas Stars shut out the Washington Capitals 1-0 at American Airlines Center on Tuesday. He is now 6-0-0 in his career against the Capitals with a .958 save percentage and 1.25 goals-against average.

Dallas has been in the bottom half of the NHL in goal scoring early this season, but it only took one on Tuesday.

Without the injured Dylan Strome and Rasmus Sandin, the Caps offered little offensively in a grind-it-out-affair that turned on a deflection.

The Dallas Stars look for their third straight win when they host the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night. The streaky Stars started with three wins, then dropped four straight before winning their last two. Washington had won six of seven before suffering its worst loss of the season, 7-1, to the visiting Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has already penned his name in history as hockey’s greatest goal scorer. He broke Wayne Gretzky’s record when he score

Washington out shot Dallas and had several high-quality chances, but Dallas won the puck-luck battle, and a lack of special teams success and a red-hot Jake Oettinger led to a 1-0 loss in the Lone Star State. Here are the takeaways as the Caps see their second straight loss and third in five games.