The Dallas Stars defeated the Vegas Golden Knights for the second consecutive time after trailing 3-0 in the Western Conference Finals, as Ty Dellandrea scored twice in the space of 1:27 in a 4-2 victory
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Ty Dellandrea scored twice in the space of 1:27 midway through the third period and the Dallas Stars defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Saturday night to stay alive in the Western Conference Finals.
The Stars escaped elimination for the second game in a row and go 3-2 to Dallas for Game 6 on Monday-evening.
Dallas is attempting to become the fifth team in NHL history to win a series after trailing 3-0.
Dellandrea had the first multigoal game of his playoff career and it helped a 27-save performance from Jake Oettinger. Jason Robertson and Luke Glendening also scored, and Thomas Harley had two assists.
Chandler Stephenson and Ivan Barbashev scored for the Knights, and Jonathan Marchessault had two assists to extend his point streak to four games. Adin Hill made 30 saves.
The Stars defeated the Golden Knights 4-2 to end the series trailing 3-2 after trailing 3-0
Ty Dellandrea scored twice in the space of 1:27 halfway through the third period in Saturday’s win
Dellandrea scored from the right circle to put Dallas ahead, the puck bouncing off Vegas defenseman Alex Pietrangelo with 9:25 left. Dellandrea then scored from the end with 7:58 left for the Stars’ first multigoal lead of the series.
The teams traded goals in the first two periods.
Jack Eichel battled two Stars players for the puck in the Vegas offensive zone, and then Barbashev dove in and made a fantastic move to slide past Oettinger and score with 6:24 left in the first period.
Dellandrea scored from the right circle to give Dallas the lead in the final period of the game
Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger had a 27-save performance to keep the Golden Knights at bay
The Stars wasted little time replying when Glendening scored on a deflection less than two minutes later.
Dallas was robbed of what looked like a surefire goal then from Roope Hintz, who then threw his back in disbelief.
As in the first period, the Knights got a goal in the second quickly answered by a goal from the Stars.
Stephenson scored from the left circle at 4:40 of the period, and Robertson tallied his own rebounds 2:09 later to make it 2–2.
Stephenson tied the Knights’ record with his eighth playoff goal this year, and Robertson had his fifth of the series.