In Edmonton, Joe Pavelski completed a hat trick with 12 seconds left in regulation to rally the Dallas Stars and force overtime Sunday afternoon.
John Klingberg finished the rally when he scored at 16:06 to give the Stars a 5-4 win over the Calgary Flames.
“We’re in the moment,” Pavelski said. “It’s a big game. We’re trying to win. There’s some different things that happened, us giving up a shorthanded goal again and things like that. It doesn’t really matter. You stay in the moment. You understand you’re going to get another chance to tie this game up and find a way to win.
“That’s what this group did today. It was an attitude that we were going to find a way to win. It took a while to get that game tied, but there was never a sense that we weren’t going to win once we got to overtime. A couple big plays there and we’re on the right side tonight.”
Anton Khudobin made 36 saves in the Dallas win.
Sam Bennett struck twice for the Flames.
“It was a back-and-forth game in overtime,” Calgary’s Mark Giordano said. “We had some looks. Unfortunately, we had a broken stick and it gave them possession and they capitalized. It was a good game. We’ve got to take what we have to out of it and move on. It’s 2-2. Best-of-3 now. It’s a tight series. It’s been really tight all series. It’ll continue to be that way, I’m sure.”
Johnny Gaudreau and Tobias Rieder had single markers for Calgary.
“It’s just a short memory,” Bennett said. “We have to take what we can and move on. It’s 2-2. It’s two good teams going at it. This is playoffs, and it’s exciting hockey. We’re not going to dwell on it. Obviously, we would’ve liked to win that and go up 3-1, but 2-2, we’re in a perfectly good situation here.”
Denis Gurianov scored in the middle frame when he even the game at 3-3.
“[Pavelski] is another veteran voice, a leader,” Dallas’ Jason Dickinson said. “Guys can lean on him. He’s been around for a while. He knows the ins and outs. These are the games he lives for. He elevates for these kinds of moments. You hear him on the bench. He wants to be out there. He wants to make the big play and have a big impact.”
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Cam Talbot made 57 saves in the tough loss.
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