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05/01 21:23 CDT Stars first to hold serve at home, beat Knights 3-2 in Game 5
for series lead in NHL playoffs
Stars first to hold serve at home, beat Knights 3-2 in Game 5 for series lead
in NHL playoffs
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
DALLAS (AP) --- Jason Robertson scored a power-play goal to put Dallas ahead
late in the second period after Tyler Seguin took a shot to the face and the
Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, becoming
the first home team to win in this opening-round series that they now lead.
Evgenii Dadonov and Matt Duchene also scored for the Stars, who have won three
in a row after dropping the first two games at home last week as the No. 1 seed
in the Western Conference.
Seguin was down on the ice and a bit dazed after Alex Pietrangelo took a big
backhanded swing and connected to the face of the Stars forward when they were
together against the boards. The play was initially called a five-minute major,
but changed to a minor penalty after replay review.
Still, it was a major hit against the Knights since Robertson scored on their
first shot with an advantage. His third goal of this series came after he got
his own ricochet and knocked the puck through traffic in front of the net and
past Adin Hill, the goalie starting his first game for the Knights this series.
Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 25 shots, including a nearly full-split
save to deny Chandler Stephenson on a charge with about 2 1/2 minutes left in
the game.
Hill had 22 saves after Logan Thompson had started the first four games.
Mark Stone and William Carrier scored the goals for Vegas.
Game 6 is Friday night in Las Vegas, where the Stars won twice --- 3-2 in
overtime in Game 3, then 4-2 in Game 4. Wyatt Johnston, who had two assists in
the return home, scored three goals on the road, including the OT winner in
Game 3.
Reigning Stanley Cup champion Vegas never trailed the Stars in the Western
Conference Final last year, winning the first three games before wrapping up
the series in six games.
Duchene scored on a power play for a 2-1 Dallas lead after a tripping penalty
against Carrier. Seguin had a shot off the upper body of Hill, before Johnston
got a stick on the puck that then pinged off a Vegas defender and was stuffed
in by Duchene.
Knights captain Stone, playing his 73th playoff game for Vegas and his 100th
overall in his career, put them up 1-0 with a power-play goal four minutes into
the game. He redirected Noah Hanifin's shot, sending the puck between Tomas
Hertl and Stars defenseman Esa Lindell who were in front of Oettinger.
Their lead lasted only only about a minute before Dadonov scored on a pass from
rookie Logan Stankoven, who did some nifty stick work to push the puck ahead of
defenseman Brayden McNabb sliding feet-first on the ice after falling down.
The Knights did get back even at 2-2 on Carrier's goal when he withstood a hit
from Lindell against the boards behind the net but kept possession of the puck
and then stuffed it around the post to Oettinger's right. They came inches from
taking the lead after that when Brett Howden had a shot across the front of the
goalie that ricocheted off the top of the other post.
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