Wyatt Johnston and Tyler Seguin each scored once and had an assist in the Dallas Stars' 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken,
evening their Western Conference second-round playoff series.
The Dallas Stars scored three times in the second period to win. Evgenii Dadonov and Joe Pavelski additionally scored for the Stars in Game 2.
Jake Oettinger stopped 25 shots, 12 of which came in the third period. Pete DeBoer, the Stars' coach, stated, "Everyone was good."
Joe Pavelski was excellent in Game 1. I believed there would be no passengers this evening. Tye Kartye and Jordan Eberle scored for the Kraken.
While receiving little offensive support, Philipp Grubauer stopped 33 shots in a strong performance.
Game 3 will be Sunday in Seattle at 8:30 p.m. CT. TNT will carry the broadcast. Johnston's second
objective of the end of the season games opened the scoring at 3:43 of the subsequent period.
The rookie center scored from the rebound after his point shot was stopped. Dadonov multiplied the lead at the period's 9:05 imprint
when his wraparound endeavor just figured out how to go too far for his fourth objective of the end-of-the-season games.
Two minutes later, Kartye scored his second playoff goal with a top-notch wrist shot from the left circle, giving the Kraken some hope.
However, with 3:03 remaining in the period, Pavelski scored his fifth goal of the series by chipping home a rebound for the power-play goal to make it 3-1.
However, with 3:03 remaining in the period, Pavelski scored his fifth goal of the series by chipping home a rebound for the power-play goal to make it 3-1.
effort tonight because we were aware that we did not play our game well enough in the first game. I assumed that we had that.
During the lopsided middle frame, Dallas outshot the opposition 19-9. At 10:59 of the third period,
Seguin extended the Dallas lead by deflecting a point shot through the five-hole for his fifth playoff goal.
The Kraken was able to gain some momentum early on but could not get any closer.
With 3:28 remaining in regulation, Eberle scored his third playoff goal to make the score 4-2, but it was too little, too late for the visitors.
DeBoer gave Oettinger's play high marks. DeBoer stated, "He's money." You simply underestimate it,
yet I realized he would be truly extraordinary again this evening and great in extreme minutes.
He makes a flurry of three or four saves when they are pressing you and, on your heels, so let us get through that. It's the saves arriving on time."