In Edmonton, Jamie Oleksiak scored with 40 seconds left in regulation to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. 
The win evened the series at 1-1.
“I saw a little opening on the weak side, and (Corey) Perry was coming down the wing, stopped up, and he made a great pass,” Oleksiak said. “I was able to somehow get it in. It was close. Thought the goalie might’ve got a paddle, or missed the net. It worked out that time. It was a great feeling.”
The Flames trailed ,2-4, before rallying in the third period for two goals to tie.
“We fought back, down 4-2 with less than seven, eight minutes,” Calgary’s Johnny Gaudreau said. “I remember a few times this season we’ve done that. Take a little bit out of this game. Whether it’s a win or a loss, on to the next game. We play tomorrow. Forget about it and move on.”
Sam Bennett and Tobias Rieder were the third period strikers for the Flames.
“They came out hard and they outplayed us in the first and second, and I mean, we showed a great pushback, but it’s unfortunate we couldn’t take it to overtime,” Bennett said.
Ben Bishop made 22 saves in the win.
“This is playoffs, so you have to manage the highs and the lows,” Bishop said. “We were disappointed after the first game and obviously feeling good after this game. Next game is going to be important, try to break the tie.”
Dillon Dube and Derek Forbort also scored for Calgary.
Miro Heiskanen scored twice for the Stars and Alexander Radulov and Perry added sngle markers in the win.
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Cam Talbot made 31 saves in the loss.
“We knew they would come out harder and I think we had a lot of trouble the first two periods,” the Flames’ Elias Lindholm said. “We were sitting back a little too much and didn’t work hard enough to get open. We battled back. In the end, it was tight and could’ve gone either way. Tomorrow, we have to be ready from the beginning.”
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