Texas Comes From Behind, Takes Down Chicago 4-2

(Credit: Logan Foust/Texas Stars)

The Texas Stars, time and time again, have continued to grind out hockey games, turning them into wins, especially in the back half of this season.

Down by a goal heading into the final period, the Stars were able to tattoo a trio of goals in the final 20 minutes, with Texas captain Curtis McKenzie icing the game with an empty netter to seal the Stars' 4-2 come-from-behind victory past the Chicago Wolves.

Likely to face each other down the road in the Calder Cup Playoffs, in the regular season series, the Stars have been dominant against the Wolves, closing out the series with an impressive 7-1 record.

“We've kind of had their number this year… we want them,” Harrison Scott said. “We're confident going into games against them and excited going forward.”

After an almost 31-minute defensive deadlock, the night quickly turned into a rapid-fire offensive performance. Within the span of a minute, three goals were scored, with the Wovles cracking open the night with two.

Chicago forward Felix Unger-Sorum broke the seal with a deep one-timer from the right faceoff circle and finally beat Texas goaltender Remi Poirier. Less than a minute later on their next offensive possession, Wolves defenseman Charles Alexis-Legault chipped in the puck for the second goal of the night.

Texas finally prevailed, cutting the deficit back to one with Scott scoring his third goal of the weekend after getting a multitude of scoring looks in the first half of the game. While Scott was credited with the goal, the Wolves defenseman accidentally kicked the puck while defending the Stars forward just outside the crease.

To the fans' amusement, the goal was replayed on the video board a couple of times while both teams were setting up for the neutral zone face-off.

“We just needed the momentum,” Scott said. “We're kind of sitting in the room like ‘we get one, we'll get three.’ And that was kind of our message going into the third — We just needed to crack the seal.”

The momentum carried over into the final period, forward Matthew Seminoff was able to maintain his balance near Chicago goaltender Cayden Primeau's net to punch in defensemen Trey Taylor’s deflected shot to tie the game up at two early in the period.

The Stars hunkered down, fending off a Wolves power play attempt late in the game and flawlessly plugged any shooting lane on Chicago’s extra man advantage. Following the kill, Texas flew down the ice, cashing in on a three-on-two rush, with Jack Becker rocketing a wrist shot for the game-winning goal.

“They did a good job of just sticking to our game plan, and eventually we broke through and got the result we wanted,” head coach Toby Petersen said.

Chicago pulled Primeau with 2:27 seconds, much earlier than other teams in the league. While the Wolves had possession of the puck for the final two minutes of the night, the Stars and Poirier maintained their composure defensively.

“[Remi Poirier] has been playing unbelievable,” Scott said. “Just knowing we have a guy like him in the back gives us that confidence going forward that you know he's gonna be there for us.”

Texas will face the Iowa Wild on Tuesday at 7 PM CT at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas.

Tonight's lines 
Hanas-Becker-Hryckowian
Lind-Shlaine-Seminoff
Stranges-Scott-McKenzie
Ertel-Chisholm

Bertucci-Anderson
Taylor-Krys
Karow-Minnetian
Looft 

R. Poirier

Injuries, scratches, and notes 
J. Poirier, Kolyachonok, Martino, McDonald (scratch)
Wheatcroft, Tuomaala (injury) 

Tonight's attendance was 6,778, a sellout.

AHL Gamesheet - Texas v. Chicago - April 4 2026