Seguin, Stankoven Lead Stars to 4-1 win over Avalanche in Game 3 – Hockey Writers – Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars didn't let the Colorado Avalanche come back tonight as youngster Logan Stankoven and veteran Tyler Seguin each scored two goals to lead the Stars to a 4-1 victory. The Stars have won two in a row after scoring three goals at home and lost 4-3 in the 1st game.
The Stars opened the scoring for the third game in a row with Stankoven's first game goal after working hard on the boards. It was the first sustained pressure from Pete DeBoer's team after the Avalanche dominated most of the period. They came out 11-5 but escaped with a 1-0 lead.
Mikko Rantanen tied the game at three in the playoffs for the second time, but Seguin gave the Stars the lead again 5:13 later with a tip-in off an Evgenii Dadonov shot. The Stars then closed in the bottom of the third, outscoring the Avalanche 10-7 and scored a couple of empty-net goals in the last two minutes by Seguin and Stankoven.
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Jake Oettinger was also strong as he made 29 saves, especially in the first two periods when the Stars were down 22-13. Alexander Georgiev was solid again after giving up four goals in Game 2, making 19 saves on 21 shots.
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Logan Stankoven became the fifth player in Stars history to score the most goals in a playoff game, joining Joel Kiviranta (3 in Game 7 of 2020 R2), Denis Gurianov (4 in Game 6 of 2020 R1 ), Roope Hintz (2 in Game 2 of 2019 R2 and Game 4 of 2019 R1) and Niko Kapanen (2 in Game 5 of 2003 CSF).
Miro Heiskanen recorded his 42nd assist of the postseason and tied Saku Koivu for eighth with Finland's Jari Kurri (127) leading the list.
The Avalanche and Stars will meet in Game 4 on Monday.
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