In Dallas, Mark Scheifele scored the second of two third period goals for the Winnipeg Jets to rally the club from a 0-2 deficit and force extra time Thursday night with 45 seconds left on the clock.
The Stars recovered though, and Joe Pavelski scored a power play goal in the extra session to give the Stars a 3-2 win.
“The guys were invested tonight,” Pavelski said. “That’s the bottom line. The emotion that came out of this game was good to see. It was a good four-line game and the goalies were solid.
“We would’ve liked to get the two points outright, but at the end of the night that extra one was huge.”
Scheifele’s goal was reviewed and upheld.
“When you get it to that point in the game, especially dominating the third the way we did, you want to leave with a better feeling,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “But a good road point and a good battle back. I’m really happy with that.”
Ben Bishop made 36 saves to get the win.
“I thought the power play generated a lot of momentum for us,” Stars head coach Jim Montgomery said. “I know the numbers are good at 2-for-5, but throughout the power plays I thought we generated a lot of momentum for our bench and our team.”
Blake Wheeler also scored for the Jets in the third period.
“We’re the same,” Wheeler said about his line with Nikolaj Ehlers and Jack Roslovic. “Just stayed with it and we had some [shots blocked] before that that we could’ve capitalized on. But yeah, just stay in the fight and have a great battle.”
Jamie Benn and Denis Gurianov scored for the Stars in regulation.
“A big part of it was just having a good start and being more emotionally involved and engaged,” Stars forward Blake Comeau said. “We were more of a physical team than we were in Winnipeg.
“I think we are playing our best hockey when we have guys playing physical, we’re checking well and we’re creating chances that way.”
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Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves in the loss.
“It was hard,” Scheifele said. “They played hard. We played hard. It was a good, solid hockey game by both teams. Both teams worked hard. It’s always a fun game against Dallas. It [stinks] when a beautiful game like that ends the way it did.”
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