Yanni Gourde scored 12:17 into time beyond regulation and the Seattle Kraken beat Dallas 5-4 in Recreation 1 of their second-round sequence Tuesday night time, whilst Joe Pavelski scored all 4 Stars purpose in his return to their lineup.
Pavelski, at 38 years and 295 days outdated, turned the oldest participant ever with a four-goal recreation within the NHL playoffs. It got here in in his a hundred and seventieth postseason recreation — he’s one in all solely 5 gamers with that many with out profitable a Stanley Cup.
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The second-year Kraken received targets from 5 totally different gamers after 15 totally different gamers scored of their seven-game sequence win over defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado.
Pavelski scored twice within the first interval, his first purpose being a 25-foot wrister solely 2 1/2 minutes into the sport to place the Stars forward 1-0. He scored on his first shot, on a move from Mason Marchment. Max Domi received the secondary help.
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About 10 minutes later, after Seattle had gotten even, Pavelski scored once more from about the identical distance with a redirect of Thomas Harley’s shot. The Kraken then scored three targets in a 68-second span to take a 4-2 lead.
However Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger then stopped 33 consecutive pictures earlier than Gourde received the game-winner.
Seattle has now gained three consecutive highway video games within the playoffs. The Stars, similar to within the first spherical in opposition to Minnesota, misplaced the sequence opener — they misplaced that one 3-2 in double time beyond regulation earlier than happening to beat the Wild in six video games.
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Recreation 2 of the best-of-seven sequence is Thursday night time.