Stars tie up series; Isles in control

The Stars scored 16:05 into overtime after Joe Pavelski forced the extra period by completing a hat trick in the final seconds of regulation and the Stars beat the Flames 5-4 on Sunday in Edmonton, Alberta to even their Western Conference playoff series.

John Klingberg’s hard shot appeared to be tipped by Alexander Radulov before getting past Cam Talbot on the 62nd shot for the third-seeded Stars, their most since 63 in a five-overtime loss in the 2003 playoffs.

Klingberg got credit for the goal initially, but the Stars said Radulov would get credit for it. The NHL hasn’t officially changed the scoring. Klingberg had two assists before the deciding goal.

The series is tied 2-2 with Game 5 on Tuesday.

Pavelski recorded the first playoff hat trick since the Stars franchise moved from Minnesota in 1993, and the first of his career on his 54th career postseason goal.

Tobias Rieder tied an NHL record with his third short-handed goal of the playoffs, and the Flames got one in a third straight game against the Stars, for a 4-3 lead early in the third period.

Derek Ryan hit Rieder in stride with a pass after chasing down a loose puck. Rieder easily beat Anton Khudobin, who had several big saves in overtime before the winning shot.

Talbot stopped 57 shots sixth-seeded Flames.

Pavelski pushed a rebound past Talbot with 11.9 seconds left in regulation after Jason Dickinson appeared to get the Stars even with 21⁄2 minutes remaining. Corey Perry was called for goalie interference when he got stuck behind Talbot as Dickinson gathered the puck and backhanded it in. for the

Isles take 3-0 series lead: Mathew Barzal scored 4:28 into OT, lifting the Islanders to a 2-1 win over the Capitals in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series in Toronto.

The Islanders are up 3-0 in the series, putting the Caps on the brink of being eliminated in the first round for the second straight year after hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2018.

The Islanders’ Anders Lee broke a scoreless tie late in the first period. Evgeny Kuznetsov pulled the Caps into a tie with a powerplay goal early in the second.

Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 shots for the sixth-seeded Islanders. Braden Holtby had 32 saves for the third-seeded Caps. Game 4 is Tuesday night. Lee stayed in his scoring groove in the first period, skating into an opening on the right side of the net and tapping his stick to get the puck. Adam Pelech perfectly placed a diagonal pass on Lee’s stick and he tapped it in to put the Islanders ahead 1-0 with 5:10 left in the opening period.

The Islanders opened the scoring in Game 3 after coming back from early deficits in each of the first two games of the series.

The Caps and Islanders each had a power play during the first half of the third period and failed to take advantage of the chances to take the lead in regulation.