Stars get even with Avs; Rangers notch 3-0 edge
Defenseman Miro Heiskanen scored two power-play goals, and Roope Hintz had a goal and three assists as host Dallas beat Colorado 5-3 on Thursday to tie the second-round Western Conference playoff series at one win apiece.
Tyler Seguin got his first goal this postseason on a shorthander at the end of a 3-on-1 breakaway for the Stars that put them up 4-0 late in the second period. Esa Lindell added an empty-netter with 20 seconds left. Jake Oettinger had 28 saves against an Avalanche team that led the NHL in scoring during the regular season and had averaged an Nhl-high 5.33 goals in its first six games this postseason.
Joel Kiviranta, Andrew Cogliano and Brandon Duhaime scored in the third period for Colorado, which failed to score on a power play in the final three minutes that turned briefly into a 6-on-4 after goalie Alexander Georgiev skated to the bench. Hintz put Dallas up 2-0 less than two minutes into the second period. That came after the Avalanche had failed to score on a power play that carried over from the end of the first period, when Oettinger had a couple of impressive saves in the closing seconds.
■ Rangers 3, Hurricanes 2,
OT: At Raleigh, N.C., Artemi Panarin redirected a pass between his legs at the crease and beat goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov 1:43 into overtime, and New York took a 3-0 series lead.
Panarin scored after Carolina defenseman Dmitry Orlov lost control of a puck in the corner in the defensive zone. Vincent Trocheck collected it on the right side and sent it toward the crease to Panarin, who tipped the puck behind him as defenseman Jalen Chatfield tried to push him.