Stars Advance To Western Conference Finals With 5-4 OT Win Over Colorado
Joel Kiviranta scored a goal and Dallas won the seven-game series in sudden death overtime to advance to the Western Conference Finals.
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Joel Kiviranta scored a goal and Dallas won the seven-game series in sudden death overtime to advance to the Western Conference Finals.
The high-scoring second-round showdown between the Avalanche and Stars and the unpredictable matchup between the Canucks and Golden Knights all boil down to each Game 7 Friday.
Dallas remains one victory away from its first berth in a conference finals in more than a decade, after dropping their second game in a row to the Colorado Avalanche.
The Colorado Avalanche avoided second-round elimination with a 6-3 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 5 on Monday night.
The Stars beat the Avalanche 5-4 on Sunday night, taking a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference semifinal series.
Leading 3-1 in the third, Colorado saw the Stars rally for three straight goals, including one that caromed into the net off the leg of Jamie Benn to put Dallas up.
Alexander Radulov had two goals and an assist as the top Dallas line finally came to life, and the Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Saturday night to open the second-round Western Conference playoff series.
Winger Denis Gurianov and the Dallas Stars pulled off quite a trick, turning a big early deficit into a lopsided series-clinching victory.
Dallas scored 16:05 into overtime after Joe Pavelski forced the extra period by completing a hat trick and the Stars beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 to even their Western Conference playoff series.
Jamie Oleksiak scored with 40 seconds left in regulation on a pass from Corey Perry as the Dallas Stars caught the Flames on a line change, and won 5-4 Thursday night.
