Pavelski is tied with Alex Ovechkin for the most playoff goals among active players.Īnd he could have had more. Pavelski scored his 72nd career playoff goal and his eighth of the series when he redirected Miro Heiskanen’s shot form the point during a power play in the second period. They played desperate hockey and played a good game,” Dallas captain Jamie Benn said. Scott Wedgewood came on and stopped nine of the 10 shots he faced. Oettinger gave up four goals on 18 shots before he was pulled 4 1/2 minutes into the second period. Mason Marchment, Joe Pavelski and Joel Kiviranta scored for Dallas.

We wanted to make sure that we were still one of the six teams alive when we woke up tomorrow morning and have the opportunity to go and play a Game 7,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. Philipp Grubauer stopped 20 shots for the win. The Kraken are the sixth team in league history to go to a Game 7 in each of the franchise’s first two playoff series. Matty Beniers and Yanni Gourde each added a goal and an assist for Seattle, which is headed to the second Game 7 in the its short playoff history after ousting defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado with a 2-1 win in the deciding game of the opening round.

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