It created a unnerving final few minutes for Seattle until Eberle's empty-netter with 58 seconds left. But 16 seconds later Kiviranta tipped Thomas Harley’s shot from the point past Grubauer to pull the Stars back to 5-3. Seattle appeared to put a wrap on the win when Beniers finished a 2-on-1 off a pass from Eberle with his third playoff goal at 8:43 of the third period following a key penalty kill by the Kraken. Moments later, Jason Robertson’s shot from the slot hit the same post and ricocheted away from danger. Pavelski nearly added a second goal in the opening seconds of the third period, but his shot hit the post and Heiskanen’s rebound attempt slid wide of the goal mouth. Pavelski is tied with Alex Ovechkin for the most playoff goals among active players.Īnd he could have had more. Pavelski scored his 72nd career playoff goal and his eighth of the series when he redirected Miro Heiskanen’s shot form the point during a power play in the second period. Louis after giving up three first period goals. This will be first Game 7 in Dallas since the second round in 2016, when Stars lost 6-1 to St. The Stars last played a Game 7 in the second round of the 2020 playoffs in the NHL bubble in Edmonton when Dallas beat Colorado 5-4 in overtime. They played desperate hockey and played a good game,” Dallas captain Jamie Benn said. Scott Wedgewood came on and stopped nine of the 10 shots he faced. Oettinger gave up four goals on 18 shots before he was pulled 4 1/2 minutes into the second period. Mason Marchment, Joe Pavelski and Joel Kiviranta scored for Dallas.
We wanted to make sure that we were still one of the six teams alive when we woke up tomorrow morning and have the opportunity to go and play a Game 7,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. Philipp Grubauer stopped 20 shots for the win. The Kraken are the sixth team in league history to go to a Game 7 in each of the franchise's first two playoff series. Matty Beniers and Yanni Gourde each added a goal and an assist for Seattle, which is headed to the second Game 7 in the its short playoff history after ousting defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado with a 2-1 win in the deciding game of the opening round. I feel like last couple games they’ve been maybe the ready team at the start,” Tolvanen said.
Rookie Tye Kartye scored his third of the playoffs beating Jake Oettinger with a wrist shot less than three minutes later, and the Kraken withstood several pushes by the Stars to send the series back to Texas. Tolvanen’s goal in the opening minutes of the second period gave Seattle a 3-1 lead. Eberle scored twice, Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and two assists, and the Kraken beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Saturday night to force a deciding Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series.
0 kommentar(er)
