The teams combine for five goals in a span of just 12 minutes in the third period after going scoreless for most of the game.
After 47 minutes of scoreless hockey, the host Texas Stars outscored Lake Erie in a late flurry of goals and won an American Hockey League game, 3-2, on Friday in Cedar Park, Texas.
The teams combined for five goals in a span of just 12 minutes in the third period. Mark Olver and Greg Mauldin scored for the Monsters; Jason Bacashihua had 32 saves on 35 shots.
Texas goalie Brent Krahn (2-1-0) stopped 33 Lake Erie shots for the victory.
Stars left wing Francis Wathier scored the game-winning goal with 41 seconds remaining in regulation. Texas right wing Colton Sceviour notched his first goal of the season on a penalty shot, tying the game with 3:41 left in the third period.
Texas improved to 3-1-0-0, and the Monsters fell to 2-4-0-1.