Mason Marchment's spinning backhander leads Stars past Jets 3-1

DALLAS (AP) — Mason Marchment scored the winning goal on a spinning backhander with 7:37 to play with an assist from Jake Oettinger, who made 26 saves, as the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Sunday.

Marchment took a slow-rolling pass made by Thomas Harley from behind Dallas’ goal line to the opposite blue line, skated on net while closely defended by Josh Morrissey, spun to his left and shot with his back to goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to break a 1-1 tie.

Oettinger earned his fifth career assist starting the play and remained perfect at American Airlines Center this season at 9-0-0.

Hellebuyck, who leads the NHL with 15 wins, stopped 28 shots.

Wyatt Johnston and Roope Hintz also scored for the Stars, the latter into an empty net with 7.5 seconds left.

Adam Lowry scored for the Jets, who went 2-4-0 on a season-long road trip that took 10 days and covered 5,000 miles. Three of Lowry’s six goals this season have come in the last five games.

Marchment has eight goals and eight assists in his last 10 games.

Johnston has a six-game point streak (two goals, five assists).

Jets: Forward Nikolaj Ehlers, third on the team with 25 points, missed his first game this season with an upper-body injury.

Stars: Their fifth-worst home power play in the league at 12.9% went 0 for 5, blanked for the fifth time in their last six home games. That included 1:14 of 5-on-3 late in the second period.

A point-blank shot by Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele with 1:07 remaining sailed just wide.

Harley had the primary assist on both Stars goals.

The Jets will host St. Louis on Tuesday night, their first home game since Nov. 19. The Stars will complete a back-to-back on Monday night with their first trip to Utah.

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Winnipeg Jets left wing Kyle Connor (81) skates with the puck against Dallas Stars defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin (46) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen, left, and Winnipeg Jets defenseman Neal Pionk, right, try to control the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) defends the goal against Dallas Stars right wing Evgenii Dadonov (63) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Dallas Stars center Colin Blackwell works the puck in front of Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Winnipeg Jets center Mason Appleton (22) skates with the puck against Dallas Stars defenseman Nils Lundkvist (5) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Dallas Stars center Wyatt Johnston (53) scores against Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Dallas Stars right wing Evgenii Dadonov (63) moves the puck against Winnipeg Jets defenseman Colin Miller (6) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Winnipeg Jets center Adam Lowry (17) celebrates after his goal with teammates Gabriel Vilardi (13) and Kyle Connor (81) during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) defends the goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) deflects a shot during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Winnipeg Jets, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday had the AIDS Memorial Quilt spread on the White House South Lawn for the first time in observance of World AIDS Day.

Gathered with the president and his wife, Jill, were survivors, family members and advocates to memorialize the lives lost to the epidemic. The president emphasized the federal government's support for the 1.2 million people in the United States living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which can lead to AIDS.

“This movement is fully woven into the fabric and history of America,” Biden said. “For all the lives lost, for all those that are still alive, look at what you’ve already done to change the hearts and minds, to save lives across the country and around the world. That's the power of this movement.”

There were 124 sections of the quilt on the lawn to commemorate people who died due to AIDS-related illnesses. Conceived in 1985, the quilt made its public first appearance in 1987. There was also a red ribbon, a symbol of support and awareness for those with HIV and AIDS, draped across the South Portico of the White House.

There are 40 million people around the world with HIV, according to the White House.

Introducing Biden was Jeanne White-Ginder, whose son, Ryan White, contracted AIDS through a tainted blood transfusion at the age of 13 and died in 1990 at the age of 18. She said her son's experience taught America that “we needed to fight AIDS and not the people who have it.”

The Ryan White CARE Act became law in 1990 and White-Grinder recalled being at the U.S. Capitol to speak for the measure and met Biden when he was a senator from Delaware.

The president also saluted Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022. Fauci was in attendance at the event because of his work on HIV/AIDS, though he's known by much of the country for his efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic that made him a target of criticism by many Republican lawmakers.

The Biden administration has sought to make investments to stop the epidemic and the stigmas attached to people with HIV. Among other steps, it has worked to expand access to PrEP, or the pre-exposure prophylaxis, which at-risk populations use to prevent HIV infections.

President Joe Biden, left, and first lady Jill Biden walk between AIDS Memorial Quilts spread over the South Lawn at the White House during a ceremony to commemorate World AIDS Day with survivors, their families and advocates, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk between AIDS Memorial Quilts spread over the South Lawn of the White House during a ceremony to commemorate World AIDS Day with survivors, their families and advocates, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)