Roope Hintz scored twice for the Dallas Stars in a 6-2 win against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday.

“It was a big answer. We usually answer pretty well when we don’t play well,” Hintz said of the Stars, who lost 5-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday. “I think it’s mostly mental, and then of course you have to execute on the ice, too. It starts with good preparation mentally when you’re ready to play, and we were today.”

Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Suter and Jason Robertson each had two assists for the Stars (27-13-5), who are 5-2-0 in their past seven games. Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves.

“Roope was great. Our whole team was dialed in tonight. Our detail was good,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “Wedgewood was fantastic. That’s what we needed out of him. You’re getting into the real tough stretch of games here. We’ve got to play both goalies. That’s the type of effort we need out of him when he goes in there. I thought he was our best player tonight.”

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      DAL@NJD: Hintz sends a pass into the back of the net to extend the lead

      Jesper Bratt and Tyler Toffoli scored, and Nico Daws made 30 saves for the Devils (23-18-3), who have lost three of four.

      “You’ve got to give them credit, they got some key saves at big moments,” Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. “We were only beat by a power play. Their speed obviously gave our [defense] a little bit of a problem. It wasn’t that we were giving up odd-numbered rushes. We were playing a pretty simple game. But when you get down and start to press a little bit, it’s hard. It’s hard to get back into a game against a team like that that will take advantage of mistakes you make.”

      Joe Pavelski gave the Stars a 1-0 lead at 5:42 of the first period with a one-timer from the slot on the power play.

      Hintz scored short-handed to make it 2-0 at 7:58 of the second period on a backhand shot that beat Daws five-hole.

      “I think they just outcompeted us today,” Devils captain Nico Hischier said. “Overall, [they] were just a better team. Forecheck better, skate better. Tough to win a game if we play the way we did and how they play the way they did.”

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          DAL@NJD: Pavelski puts a shot into the corner for a power-play goal

          Matt Duchene made it 3-0 at 16:31 when he put in Tyler Seguin’s cross-crease pass at the right post.

          “Every time I step in there, the guys are going to get everything I have to give them a chance to win,” Wedgewood said. “Early on, I was able to turn away a few of their flurries, and then we pop a couple [of goals]. The boys settled in, and we played a very structured game.”

          Hintz pushed it to 4-0 with 18 seconds left in the second period when Johnston found him with a seam pass in front at 19:42.

          “We’ve got to be better as a group to keep things simple,” Bratt said. “We need to be more desperate. There’s [defensive] zone plays where we could’ve ended plays early, and there’s some attention to detail that’s leading to goals when there’s a few seconds left in the period, and those goals change momentum.”

          Craig Smith extended the lead to 5-0 at 2:10 of the third period with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle.

          Johnston made it 6-0 at 7:18 when he deked around Devils defenseman Luke Hughes and scored from the slot.

          Bratt cut the lead to 6-1 at 13:15 on a shot from the slot.

          Toffoli scored through traffic from the point for the 6-2 final at 19:00.

          NOTES: Stars forward Mason Marchment was a late scratch due to illness. … With his two points tonight, Johnston (69 points; 37 goals, 32 assists in 127 games played) passed defenseman Miro Heiskanen (68 points; 20 goals, 48 assists in 150 games played) for the most points before turning 21 in Stars history. … Toffoli ended a six-game goal drought.