In Dallas, the Stars rescued a point on Sunday night when they scored three times in the third period to force extra time with the visiting Nashville Predators.
They lost the winner’s point when the Preds won the skills competition in a 4-3 decision.
Pekka Rinne made 35 saves to get the win.
Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi had strikes in the penalties phase of the game.
“Going into the third 3-0, we wanted to close the game off better,” Forsberg said. “But at the same time, we’ve got to get wins. We’ve got to get those two points. At the end of the day, that was obviously a strong effort to get that.”
Radek Faksa and Joe Pavelski pulled the Stars to withing one goal of the Preds.
“There was definitely a couple that I wanted to have back and thought I should have scored earlier,” Pavelski said. “And then the one I do score goes off my skate. It’s one of those nights that’s hard to figure out. [Rinne] was good over there and made some big saves. It took us a while to get to him.”
Jason Robertson tied the game up at 3-3, good enough to get the point.
Mikael Granlund and Calle Jarnkrok staked Nashville to a 2-0 lead.
“Good net-front players, they kind of see what’s going on up top and they’re timing the shot a lot of times,” Nashville coach John Hynes said. “As the shooter is going to approach getting the puck to the net, that’s when they set the screen. [Granlund] does a really good job. He’s got good timing, he’s fearless, he takes away the goalie’s eyes, and that’s why he’s been an effective guy there.”
Eeli Tolvanen pushed the lead to 3-0 with a goal in the latter minutes of the middle frame.
“Good net-front players, they kind of see what’s going on up top and they’re timing the shot a lot of times,” Nashville head coach John Hynes said. “As the shooter is going to approach getting the puck to the net, that’s when they set the screen. [Granlund] does a really good job. He’s got good timing, he’s fearless, he takes away the goalie’s eyes, and that’s why he’s been an effective guy there.”
Nashville improved to 11-14-0.
“My job has gotten a lot easier,” Forsberg said. “I just try to find him and then usually it ends up in the back of the net. We obviously knew about it coming in, even before he made it over [to the NHL], we heard about that shot. Now you watch it in practice, and you watch it in the game, and it’s great. It’s definitely one of the best shots that I’ve seen, and we need him to use it more.”
Jake Oettinger made 17 saves in the loss.
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