(AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)(Gareth Patterson / AP) The Dallas Stars host the Toronto Maple Leafs and forward John Tavares on Wednesday. Tavares is coming off a hat trick performance in the Leafs’ last game, a 5-3 win over the Sabres. Here’s everything ...

Dallas opened the game on a strong note, but stumbled down the stretch against a Toronto club that capitalized on all of its chances

Nicholas Robertson scored the go-ahead goal and assisted on another against his older brother’s team as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Dallas Stars 5-3.

This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.

There was a lot of excitement about seeing what they could produce.After the game, Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander delivered a blunt assessment of playing on a line with stars Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner for the first time in — his words — for an entire game.

After getting hemmed in completely during the first period, the Toronto Maple Leafs came roaring back to defeat the Dallas Stars 5-3 on Wednesday evening.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 8-2 on the money line in their last 10 games against the Stars. Find more NHL betting trends between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars. Find more NHL betting trends for Maple Leafs vs. Stars.

Toronto is a +114 underdog, while Dallas is a -135 favorite, with the over/under set at 5.5 goals. The Maple Leafs and Stars are two of the best teams in the NHL, so this should be a great game.

Although the milestone came in losing fashion, Stars' Jamie Benn has now played more games than anyone else in the history of the franchise.

William Nylander scored two goals and Joseph Woll made 38 saves to fuel the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday.

The NHL determined an optional practice for the Dallas Stars on Dec. 26 violated the collective bargaining agreement.

With a 5-3 defeat Wednesday, one could say for a birthday present, Stars' goaltender Jake Oettinger got to take the third period off.