Jake Oettinger, Stars edge Knights
for 3-2 series lead
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[May 02, 2024]
Jake Oettinger made 25 saves and Jason Robertson scored the
go-ahead goal to lead the host Dallas Stars a 3-2 victory over the
Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of a Western Conference first-round
playoff series on Wednesday.
Matt Duchene and Evgenii Dadonov also scored goals and Wyatt
Johnston added two assists for Dallas, which took a 3-2 lead in the
best-of-seven series with its third straight win. Game 6 is Friday
night in Las Vegas.
"We'll hang our hats on the fact that we are the defending Stanley
Cup champions," Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said when asked
about the team's mindset entering a must-win Game 6. "So there is a
lot of resolve in the room, a lot of winning in that room, a lot of
pride in that room."
Mark Stone, playing in his 100th career playoff game, and William
Carrier scored goals for Vegas. Adin Hill, making his 2024 playoff
debut, finished with 22 saves.
Dallas went on top for good at 16:32 of the second period, taking
advantage of an Alex Pietrangelo roughing penalty. Robertson, whose
first shot from the high slot was blocked by Brayden McNabb, scooped
up the rebound and then whipped a wrist shot into the top left
corner of the net.
It was Robertson's third goal of this year's playoffs and his eighth
goal in 11 career postseason games against the Golden Knights.
Vegas had a chance to tie it with 2:44 to go when Chandler
Stephenson broke in alone, but Oettinger made a right pad save on
his wrist shot from the left side of the crease.
The Golden Knights then pulled Hill for an extra attacker, but
Oettinger turned away shots by both Jack Eichel and Stephenson to
preserve the win.
"There wasn't a lot of belief in us after two games, but six days
later now we have a chance to close out the Stanley Cup champions,"
Stars coach Peter DeBoer said about taking a 3-2 series lead after
dropping the first two games. "We still have a lot of heavy lifting
to do, though."
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May 1, 2024; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin
(91) and center Matt Duchene (95) and center Wyatt Johnston (53)
celebrates a power play goal scored by Duchene against the Vegas
Golden Knights during the first period in game five of the first
round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the American Airlines
Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
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Vegas took a 1-0 lead four minutes into the first
period on a power-play goal by Stone, who deflected Noah Hanifin's
point shot past Oettinger's glove side for his second goal of the
series and 36th of his postseason career.
Dallas tied it 1-1 just 62 seconds later when Dadonov knocked Logan
Stankoven's crossing pass on an odd-man rush into an wide-open right
side of the net for his second goal of the playoffs.
Duchene gave the Stars a 2-1 lead at 8:04 of the first with a
power-play goal. In the slot, he backhanded a rebound of a Johnston
shot five-hole on Hill.
The Golden Knights tied it at 12:31 of the opening period when
Carrier took the puck behind the net and then jammed a shot between
the left post and Oettinger's left pad.
--Field Level Media
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