NHL ROUNDUP

Stars 2, Blues 1

Radek Faksa scored the tiebreaking goal on a rebound with 4:44 to play and had an assist on the other Dallas goal to help the Stars open the second round of the Western Conference playoffs with a victory over St. Louis on Friday night. Like Antoine Roussel did on his second-period goal on which Faksa had an assist, Faksa started the rush that led to his winner. Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk tied it at 1 with 8:28 left in the third period with a shot from the top of the left circle after Dallas failed to clear the puck out of the zone. Game 2 is Sunday in the best-of-seven series matching the Western Conference’s top two teams from the regular season. After Faksa pushed the puck up the ice, Ales Hemsky had the initial shot stopped but not secured by Brian Elliott. Faksa was there to score his second goal of the playoffs.

Kari Lehtonen stopped 31 shots, withstanding a final surge when the Blues pulled Elliott out of the net and had an extra skater the final 1:40.

Elliott, who has played all eight playoffs games for the Blues, had 40 saves.

Dallas took its initial lead midway through the second period when Roussel started a rush down the right side and then had a cross-ice pass John Klingberg before Faksa’s wrist shot from the om the left slot. Roussel was there to knock in the rebound.

It was Roussel’s second goal of the playoffs, the first one that he got a stick on the puck.

Doughty, Karlsson, Burns finalists for Norris Trophy

Los Angeles’ Drew Doughty, Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson and San Jose’s Brent Burns are the finalists for the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s top defenseman. Members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association submitted ballots at the end of the regular season, with the top three designated finalists Friday. The winner will be announced June 22 during the NHL Awards in Las Vegas. Doughty had career highs with 14 goals, 51 points and a plus-24 rating and was third in the league in average ice time at 28:01. He was third in the voting in 2010 and second last year. Karlsson won the award in 2012 and 2015.