In Dallas, Johnny Gaudreau struck on a penalty shot Monday night to give the Calgary Flames a 2-0 lead i the third period of Game 4.
The goal was enough to ignite the Flames to a 4-1 win to even their series with the Stars at 2-2.
Game 5 is set for Wednesday in Calgary.
“I feel like since Game 1, I feel like I’ve been playing well, playing hard against this team,” Gaudreau said. “Obviously, the results weren’t there last game, had a breakaway [three and a half] minutes left, wanted that one back, and then tonight, little different story. Found the net. That’s the way hockey is. Can’t score them all, but it was nice to find the back of the net and help this team win a game here tonight.”
Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves in the Calgary win.
“They were really good, and we were really bad,” Dallas coach Rick Bowness said. “Puck management was not very good. We were on the wrong side of them too many times in all three zones. We were very slow to close on them in the defensive zone, which is why they were able to cycle the puck as much.”
Tyler Seguin was the lone striker for the Stars, his goal came in the third period.
The Flames took the lead in the second period, after a scoreless first, on a goal from Rasmus Andersson .
“I thought we started well, thought our first period was good,” Andersson said. “We could’ve got out with the lead after the first one, but we just stuck with it. We got a big power-play goal there, and then obviously got the second one and the third one. Overall, it was a good game and, you know, it all started with a good start in the first.”
Elias Lindholm scored in the third pored to extend the Flames advantage to 3-0.
“Sometimes when something does go wrong, it just seems like a domino effect,” Dallas’ Jason Robertson said. “Passes aren’t on the tape and you’re not executing. At this time of the year, it’s kind of unacceptable.”
Mikael Backlund added a late empty-net goal for the 4-1 final.
Jake Oettinger made 50 saves in the Stars loss.
“Their forecheck was hard tonight,” Seguin said. It’s always hard. We gave them some opportunities. We didn’t have enough hold-ups. We didn’t have enough of those moments where we could get it out, and we didn’t.”
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