DALLAS (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored 37 seconds into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings beat Dallas 3-2 on Thursday night, handing the slumping Stars their fourth consecutive loss.
Darcy Kuemper made 29 saves, and former Stars Corey Perry and Cody Ceci also scored as the Kings won in regulation for the first time this season.
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Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen, left, pushes Los Angeles Kings right wing Joel Armia (40) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Cody Ceci (5) celebrates scoring a goal with teammate right wing Adrian Kempe (9) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Los Angeles Kings right wing Corey Perry (10) scores a goal against Dallas Stars defenders Thomas Harley (55), Wyatt Johnston (53) and goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) defends the goal against Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa (12) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
The Los Angeles Kings celebrate the winning goal by right wing Adrian Kempe (9) as Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) skates off during overtime in an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Wyatt Johnston and Jason Robertson scored power-play goals for the Stars, and Johnston also had an assist. Jake Oettinger stopped 22 shots.
Kempe scored from the slot on a pass from Quinton Byfield on the Kings’ only rush of overtime.
It was Kempe's second straight overtime winner — following Tuesday night's 2-1 win at St. Louis — and it came on Byfield’s second assist of the game.
The Stars have dropped four straight before New Year’s for the first time since Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2021.
The 40-year-old Perry, who played for Dallas in 2019-20, knocked home a rebound at the crease for the game’s first goal late in the first period 22 seconds into a 35-second five-on-three power play.
Only 1:29 after Robertson tied the score 1-1 early in the second period, Ceci put the Kings back ahead with a slap shot redirected off the stick of Dallas’ Mavrik Bourque. Ceci was acquired by Dallas last February from San Jose and left for L.A. in free agency last summer.
Johnston’s team-high fifth goal of the season tied the score 2-2 early in the third period.
The Kings had a deflection goal by Alex Laferriere midway through the second disallowed after a video review determined his stick was too high.
Dallas’ Roope Hintz had two assists.
Stars: Will end a three-game homestand vs. Carolina on Saturday night.
Kings: Play the middle game of a five-game road trip at Nashville.
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Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen, left, pushes Los Angeles Kings right wing Joel Armia (40) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Cody Ceci (5) celebrates scoring a goal with teammate right wing Adrian Kempe (9) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Los Angeles Kings right wing Corey Perry (10) scores a goal against Dallas Stars defenders Thomas Harley (55), Wyatt Johnston (53) and goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) defends the goal against Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa (12) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
The Los Angeles Kings celebrate the winning goal by right wing Adrian Kempe (9) as Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) skates off during overtime in an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction, a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it would likely kill the project in a matter of days.
District Judge Carl J. Nichols, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled construction on the Empire Wind project could go forward while he considers the merits of the government’s order to suspend the project. He faulted the government for not responding to key points in Empire Wind’s court filings, including the contention that the administration violated proper procedure.
Norwegian company Equinor owns Empire Wind. Spokesperson David Schoetz said they welcome the court's decision and will continue to work in collaboration with authorities. It’s the second developer to prevail in court against the administration this week.
The Trump administration froze five big offshore wind projects on the East Coast days before Christmas, citing national security concerns. Trump has targeted offshore wind from his first days back in the White House, most recently calling wind farms “losers” that lose money, destroy the landscape and kill birds.
Developers and states sued seeking to block the order. Large, ocean-based wind farms are the linchpin of plans to shift to renewable energy in East Coast states that have limited land for onshore wind turbines or solar arrays.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul applauded the court decision, telling reporters the projects had been “stopped under the bogus pretense of national security.”
“When I heard this I said one thing: I’m the governor of New York, if there is a national security threat off the coast of New York, you need to tell me what it is. I want a briefing right now. Well, lo and behold, they had no answer,” she said.
On Monday, a judge ruled that the Danish energy company Orsted could resume its project to serve Rhode Island and Connecticut. Senior Judge Royce Lamberth said the government did not sufficiently explain the need for a complete stop to construction. That wind farm, called Revolution Wind, is nearly complete. It’s expected to meet roughly 20% of the electricity needs in Rhode Island, the smallest state, and about 5% of Connecticut’s electricity needs.
Orsted is also suing over the pause of its Sunrise Wind project for New York, with a hearing still to be set. Dominion Energy Virginia, which is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, plans to ask a judge Friday to block the administration’s order so it can resume construction, too.
Trump has also dismissed offshore wind developments as ugly, but the Empire project is about 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) offshore and the Sunrise project is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) offshore.
The fifth paused project is Vineyard Wind, under construction in Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind LLC, a joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, joined the rest of the developers in challenging the administration on Thursday. They filed a complaint in District Court in Boston.
In contrast to the halted action in the U.S., the global offshore wind market is growing, with China leading the world in new installations. Nearly all of the new electricity added to the grid in 2024 was renewable. The British government said Wednesday it secured a record 8.4 gigawatts of offshore wind in Europe’s largest offshore wind auction, enough clean electricity to power more than 12 million homes.
Robin Shaffer, president of Protect Our Coast New Jersey, said the Trump administration was right to stop construction on national security grounds. He urged officials to immediately appeal the adverse rulings and seek to halt all work pending appellate review. Opponents of offshore wind projects are particularly vocal and well-organized in New Jersey.
Empire Wind is 60% complete and designed to power more than 500,000 homes. Equinor said the project was in jeopardy due to the limited availability of specialized vessels, as well as heavy financial losses.
During a hearing Wednesday, Judge Nichols said the government’s main security concern seemed to be over operation of the wind turbines, not construction, although the government pushed back on that contention.
In presenting the government’s case, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Jr. was skeptical of the perfect storm of horrible events that Empire Wind said would derail their entire project if construction didn’t resume. He disagreed with the contention that the government’s main concern was over operation.
“I don’t see how you can make this distinction,” Woodward said. He likened it to a nuclear project being built that presented a national security risk. The government would oppose it being built, and it turning on.
Molly Morris, Equinor’s senior vice president overseeing Empire Wind, said in an interview that the company wants to build this project and deliver a major, essential new source of power for New York.
McDermott reported from Providence, Rhode Island. Associated Press writer Anthony Izaguirre contributed to this report from Albany, New York.
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FILE - Wind turbines operate at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - Wind turbine bases, generators and blades sit along with support ships at The Portsmouth Marine terminal that is the staging area for Dominion Energy Virginia, which is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Dec. 22, 2025, in Portsmouth, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
FILE - A sign for the company Equinor is displayed on Oct. 28, 2020, in Fornebu, Norway. (Håkon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
Blades and turbine bases for offshore wind sit at a staging area at New London State Pier, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in New London, Conn. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)
