Voracek, young goalie lead Flyers past Canadiens
STARS 5, FLAMES 4, OT: Dallas scored 16:05 into overtime after Joe Pavelski forced the extra period by completing a hat trick in the final seconds of regulation, and Dallas evened its playoff series at two games apiece.
John Klingberg’s hard shot grazed Alexander Radulov’s stick and went in to give the Stars the win.
The shot that got past Cam Talbot was the 62nd for the Stars, their most since 63 in a five-overtime loss in the 2003 playoffs.
Pavelski recorded the first playoff hat trick since the Dallas franchise moved from Minnesota in 1993, and the first of his career on his 53rd career postseason goal.
Tobias Rieder tied an NHL record with his third short-handed goal of the playoffs, and Calgary got one in a third straight game against Dallas for a 4-3 lead early in the third period.
BLUES 3, CANUCKS 2, OT: Brayden Schenn scored 15:06 into overtime to lift St. Louis.
Schenn, circling in the neutral zone, took a stretch pass, raced in and fired a shot high past Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom for the defending champion Blues’ first win this postseason. They trail in the series 2-1.
David Perron and Justin Faulk also scored, and Jake Allen stopped 39 shots for St. Louis.
Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller scored for the Canucks, and Markstrom finished with 46 saves.
BLACKHAWKS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1: Corey Crawford made 48 saves in a stellar performance, and Chicago avoided a sweep in the first-round playoff series.
Drake Caggiula and Matthew Highmore scored first-period goals for the Blackhawks, and Alex Debrincat added an empty-netter with 10 seconds left. Chicago handed Robin Lehner his first loss in a Golden Knights uniform since the goaltender was acquired in a trade with the Blackhawks in February.
Vegas suffered its first loss since arriving in Edmonton for the NHL restart.
Shea Theodore scored his fourth playoff goal for Vegas in the first period. Lehner had 22 saves.
Crawford, who was in net when Chicago won the Stanley Cup in 2013 and 2015, set a playoff career high for saves in a game that didn’t go to overtime.