By Luke McGinnis
Anton Karlsson opened the scoring at 10:18, beating Carl Stankowski on a partial two-on-one rush with a high shot from the left circle past his glove.
Bradley Jenion doubled the visitors lead at 15:50, blasting a slapshot from the high slot into the Stars’ net.
Dundee pulled a goal back on the powerplay through Sebastian Bengtsson, who scored his second goal in as many games at 18:05. Gary Haden fed the Swede in the left circle, who made no mistake in firing a picture perfect wrist shot past Evan Weninger to make it 1-2.
Connor Lee restored Manchester’s two goal cushion at 26:20, breaking into the Stars’ zone with speed and firing a quick shot for his first EIHL goal.
Chase Harrison made it 1-4 at 34:01, firing a slapshot from the point through traffic and past Stankowski.
Josh Nelson cut the deficit in half, making it 2-4 at 36:32. A strong cycle in the Storm zone by the Stars allowed Tyson Laventure to feed Nelson in close, who fired a one-timer past Weninger.
Rasmus Nousiainen made it one-goal game just over a minute later at 37:49. A good defensive play by Maxim Eliseev sparked a rush up the ice, with Nousiainen carrying the puck across the blueline and pulling off a nifty toe-drag before firing a quick shot past Weninger.
Matt DeBoer leveled the score less than a minute into the third period, firing a rocket of a shot from the left circle into the Storm net at 40:41.
Karlsson scored his second of the night at 52:46, redirecting a shot from Kyle Locke past Stankowski.
An awkward bounce in the Stars’ zone caught Stankowski out behind his own net, with the puck falling to Karlsson who completed his hat trick at 55:13.
Stars captain Travis Ewanyk, in his return to the lineup, pulled a goal back in the closing frame of the third, beating Weninger in close. However, it proved too little too late, as the Storm skated away with two points.
