Eberle Scores 2 as Kraken Outshine Stars 6-3, Ship Collection to Deciding Game 7

SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Eberle scored twice, Eeli Tolvanen had a objective and two assists, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Saturday night time to pressure a deciding Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal collection.

Tolvanen’s objective within the opening minutes of the second interval gave Seattle a 3-1 lead. Rookie Tye Kartye scored his third of the playoffs beating Jake Oettinger with a wrist shot lower than three minutes later, and the Kraken withstood a number of pushes by the Stars to ship the collection again to Texas.

Matty Beniers and Yanni Gourde every added a objective and an help for Seattle, which is headed to the second Game 7 within the its quick playoff historical past after ousting defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado with a 2-1 win within the deciding recreation of the opening spherical. The Kraken are the sixth workforce in league historical past to go to a Game 7 in every of the franchise’s first two playoff collection.

Philipp Grubauer stopped 20 photographs for the win.

Mason Marchment, Joe Pavelski and Joel Kiviranta scored for Dallas. Oettinger gave up 4 objectives on 18 photographs earlier than he was pulled 4 1/2 minutes into the second interval. Scott Wedgewood got here on and stopped 9 of the ten photographs he confronted.

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Game 7 will probably be Monday night time in Dallas.

The Stars final performed a Game 7 within the second spherical of the 2020 playoffs within the NHL bubble in Edmonton when Dallas beat Colorado 5-4 in extra time. This will probably be first Game 7 in Dallas because the second spherical in 2016, when Stars misplaced 6-1 to St. Louis after giving up three first interval objectives.

Pavelski scored his 72nd profession playoff objective and his eighth of the collection when he redirected Miro Heiskanen’s shot kind the purpose throughout an influence play within the second interval. Pavelski is tied with Alex Ovechkin for essentially the most playoff objectives amongst energetic gamers.

And he might have had extra. Pavelski practically added a second objective within the opening seconds of the third interval, however his shot hit the put up and Heiskanen’s rebound try slid large of the objective mouth. Moments later, Jason Robertson’s shot from the slot hit the identical put up and ricocheted away from hazard.

Seattle appeared to place a wrap on the win when Beniers completed a 2-on-1 off a go from Eberle together with his third playoff objective at 8:43 of the third interval following a key penalty kill by the Kraken. But 16 seconds later Kiviranta tipped Thomas Harley’s shot from the purpose previous Grubauer to tug the Stars again to 5-3.

It created a unnerving last jiffy for Seattle till Eberle’s empty-netter with 58 seconds left.

Grubauer was glorious in objective for Seattle, particularly within the second interval when Dallas made a push. He had 11 saves within the interval.

Oettinger was pulled after giving up Kartye’s objective and his 24 minutes, 23 seconds time on ice was the shortest begin of his profession.

Gourde gave Seattle the beginning it wanted, following up his preliminary shot and beating Oettinger at 8:59 of the primary interval. Marchment scored 31 seconds later to tug the Stars even, however Eberle’s power-play objective at 16:46 of the interval restored Seattle’s benefit.