In Dallas, the Stars held lads of 2-0 and 3-1 over the Seattle Kraken on Monday night, and needed extra time to get a 4-3 win.
With Dallas up, 3-1 in the second period,
Matty Beniers trimmed the deficit to one at 3-2 at 13:48 of the middle frame.
Eeli Tolvanen continued the rally, albeit with 22 seconds left in the regulation clock, to send the game to extra session.
Tolvanen scored after a shot form the high slot bounced around in the and above the crease.
“The first period was really sloppy, a lot of misreads,” Tolvanen said. “I don’t think we were ready to play today. We gave them some odd-man rushes, 2-on-1s, half-breakaways. That’s not a recipe against this team. In the third period, I thought we did a good job managing the puck and staying on it. We decided that this point matters. It [stinks] not to get two points, but I think it was big even to get the one.”
Thomas Harley then potted the game-winner for the Stars at 2:16 of the extra session.
“There’s a certain level of patience that has to happen,” Dallas’ Joe Pavelski said. “Puck possession, you can’t force things. Everyone is man-on-man, everyone’s playing somewhat soft not to give up anything.
“You kind of have to wait for a break, an odd-number rush. You kind of see it’s a broken play there in the corner, a stick battle won back. All of a sudden, it’s a quick 2-on-1 and we find ourselves on the inside and the game’s over.”
Scott Wedgewood made 35 saves in the win.
Dallas improved to 18-8-4.
“I thought we played a good game,” Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said. “Three in four nights, we ran out of a little bit of gas there in the third. Did a lot of good things tonight, [Wedgewood] was good again. I think if we cash in on the power play (0-for-4), we probably aren’t in overtime. In the third, we had some opportunities to really put the game away, but credit to their penalty kill, too. They did a good job.”
The Stars grabbed a 2-0 lead in the game with Matt Duchene opening the scoring in the first period.
Duchene scored with 74 seconds gone in the game to give Dallas a 1-0 lead.
Jason Robertson extended the advantage to 2-0 midway through the first after a turnover in the neutral zone.
The Kraken dropped to 10-14-9.
“Against this team, we fed them with four or five real good, outnumbered opportunities in the first period,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “That’s not the way you want to start in this building against this team for sure. Had a couple of guys tonight that didn’t start on time, and it leads to some of those plays.”
Tomas Tatar scored his first as a member of the Kraken at 32 seconds of the middle frame to get Seattle on the board at 2-1.
Duchene picked up a double at 6:20 of the middle frame for a 3-1 lead to Dallas.
“The puck was over on that side for the most part, and both [Evgenii Dadonov] and [Pavelski] both were looking at me, trying to find me through [traffic],” Duchene said. “It wasn’t there. Then [Pavelski] gave a little deception and then sent it over, and finally the lane opened. He and I met eyes like three or four times before that opened. When you get in those situations, it’s a fine line between patience and going for it.”
Joey Daccord made 24 saves in the loss.
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