Stars beat Knights in OT, reach Stanley Cup Finals

Denis Gurianov scored on a onetimer during a power play 3:36 into overtime, and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 32 on Monday night in Edmonton, Alberta, to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 2000.

The Stars forced overtime in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals with two goals in the final 10:06 of regulation. They closed it out after Zach Whitecloud was sent off for delay of game for knocking the puck out of play.

Anton Khudobin had 34 saves for Dallas, facing only one shot in overtime. Captain Jamie Benn and Joel Kiviranta, a rookie like Gurianov, got the Stars even with goals in the third period.

The Stars are 50 in overtime this postseason. They also won 32 in Game 3 against Vegas, when Alexander Radulov scored 31 seconds into OT.

Chandler Stephenson and Reilly Smith scored for Vegas, and Robin Lehner had 23 saves.

The Calgary Flames removed the interim tag from Geoff Ward and made him head coach.