DALLAS (AP) — Thomas Harley scored on an influence play 1:33 into additional time and the Dallas Stars superior to the Western Convention ultimate for the third season in a row, beating the top-seeded Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in Sport 6 on Saturday night time.
Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets hours after the surprising demise of his father, but in addition had the tripping penalty with 14.8 seconds left in regulation that arrange Dallas to begin additional time with a person benefit.
Sam Metal, who scored earlier for Dallas, was on a partial breakaway when Scheifele lunged ahead desperately making an attempt to make a play when he tripped up the ahead on the blue line — an infraction that would have resulted in a penalty shot. The Stars known as a timeout, however missed a shot and had one other one blocked earlier than the tip of regulation time.
The Stars transfer on to face the Edmonton Oilers within the Western Convention ultimate for the second 12 months in a row, and can host Sport 1 on Wednesday. Connor McDavid and the Oilers, who gained in six video games final 12 months, wrapped up their second-round sequence with a 1-0 additional time win over Vegas on Wednesday night time in Sport 5.
Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger made 22 saves to wrap up his sixth playoff sequence win over the previous three seasons. He made an unbelievable diving save with 8 1/2 minutes left in regulation, leaning to the correct earlier than having to lunge again throughout his physique towards the left publish to knock down a shot by Mason Appleton.
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Hellebuyck, the two-time Vezina Trophy who’s the odds-on favorite to win that prime goalie award once more this season, stopped 18 pictures.
Dallas has gained all three of its additional time video games this post-season. It was solely the second OT recreation for the Jets, who scored twice within the ultimate two minutes of regulation in Sport 7 of the primary spherical after which beat the St. Louis Blues.
Metal received his first aim of the playoffs halfway by way of the second interval. He shot a protracted rebound from the highest of the correct circle, sending the puck into the higher proper nook of the online simply above Hellebuyck’s glove.
Scheifele received his fifth aim of the playoffs when he gathered the rebound of Kyle Connor’s shot and scored from simply outdoors the crease 5 1/2 minutes into the second interval. That rating got here earlier than a whistle blew for a delayed penalty, a excessive stick by Oettinger into the face of Gabriel Vilardi, who received the secondary help for his go to Connor.
After pumping his fist to have fun, Scheifele had an enormous smile on this face when mobbed by his teammates that have been on the ice for the aim that made it 1-0.
That was all arrange after Nikolaj Ehlers had a breakaway shot that was knocked away by Oettinger and retrieved by Scheifele.
Hellebuyck withstood a 46-second flurry late within the first interval when the Stars had eight pictures — three that have been on aim, together with 4 misses and one which was blocked.
