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The Stars, who lead the best-of-seven series
3-2, will try to close out the series Sunday afternoon in
Dallas, an impressive feat for a team that made the Stanley Cup
playoffs with a wild-card berth.
The Stars took advantage of a strong start when Spezza opened
the scoring 2:42 into the clash. Right after Blues goalie Jordan
Binnington made a big save on Mattias Janmark, Tyler Seguin
gained the puck at the end boards, then made a perfect pass to
Spezza as he cruised into an opening, which the veteran quickly
one-timed into the net for his third goal of the playoffs.
Lindell doubled the Dallas lead with his first-ever playoff goal
6:13 into the second period -- a goal he'll need to embellish in
future tales. Lindell was the trailer on the rush when he took a
drop pass from Alexander Radulov, worked to the slot and then
saw his backhander ricochet off the leg of Blues defenseman Jay
Bouwmeester and into the net.
The Stars appeared poised to cruise to victory against a
shockingly lackluster Blues team, but Bishop made a huge gaffe
just before the midway point of the third period that gave the
hosts life. Bishop stopped a long dump-in but then whiffed on a
pass attempt to move the puck to a defenseman. Blues forward
Jaden Schwartz raced to the loose puck and snapped home a shot
to make it a one-goal game.
Bishop, however redeemed himself in a big way until the final
buzzer with a handful of saves, the biggest being when he denied
Oskar Sundqvist in a showdown.
Binnington stopped 25 shots for the Blues, who have won four of
five road games in the playoffs, but have won only two of six
home dates.
--Field Level Media
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