Mikko Rantanen nets natural hat trick in 2nd period as Stars take Game 1
The Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Game 2 is Friday.
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The Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Game 2 is Friday.
The Jets have had Dallas' number this year, winning three of the four meetings in the regular season.
Facing this year's Presidents' Trophy winner on their home ice will be no easy task.
Dallas Stars Goaltender, Jake Oettinger, says the team has learned from their first round games against Colorado in the Stanley Cup championships that the Stars "can beat anyone". He said the team will try to keep the momentum going from game 7 going into the first game of round 2 against the Winnipeg Jets.
"Try to learn mental toughness and it's important the outside noise doesn't get into your head," said Rantanen. "Try to focus on your next game, next practice."
"There's no easy night in the NHL just because there's so much talent," Wyatt Johnston said. "You have to come in and play your best game every night."
"The way we prepare for a game 7 is the same way we prepare for a game 1," said DeBoer. "There's no magic."
The Dallas Stars advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs, beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in Game 7.
Wyatt Johnston scored nine seconds in for the quickest goal ever to start a playoff game for the Dallas Stars.
Seguin had his second career OT playoff goal. His first was in 2012 with Boston.
Moritz Seider had a tiebreaking, power-play goal early in the third, Lucas Raymond scored midway through the period and Vladimir Tarasenko added an empty-net goal to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-4 win over the Dallas Stars.
Marco Rossi scored on a power play 58 seconds into overtime as the Minnesota Wild stopped a four-game losing streak by beating the Dallas Stars 3-2.
Sidney Crosby took part in another dueling hat tricks game with a Russian opponent 16 years after his memorable one in the playoffs against Alex Ovechkin.
Jake Oettinger made 28 saves and the Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 5-1 on Thursday night for their seventh straight victory.
Jake Oettinger shut out his home-state team stopping 32 shots.
Defenseman Thomas Harley scored his second goal of the game nine seconds into overtime, giving the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Mikko Rantanen tapped his heart as the video screen showed highlights of his Colorado Avalanche career, culminating with him hoisting the Stanley Cup.
The show, airing at 2:30 p.m. on Max (US) and Sky Mexico (Mexico), will utilize real-time animated data visualization.
On Wednesday, Rantanen held his first official press conference in Dallas.
Thomas Harley scored from near the blue line with 4.8 seconds remaining.
Jason Robertson's third career hat trick lifted the Stars past the Islanders on Sunday for their third straight victory.
Casey DeSmith made 31 saves as the Dallas Stars defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Saturday night.
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Holden McCoy, an eighth grader with cystic fibrosis, was recently a junior starter for the Dallas Stars — a memory he will never forget.
Holden McCoy, an eighth grader with cystic fibrosis, had the chance to skate with the team, take shots on the rink and be introduced as a junior starter during a special game.
