Joe Pavelski’s OT count tops Golden Knights, keeps Stars alive

Joe Pavelski scored a power-play goal at 3:18 of overtime to give the dallas stars a 3-2 win against the visitors Las Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night and keep the stars I live in the best of seven series

He golden knights maintain a 3-1 series lead heading into Game 5 in Las Vegas on Saturday

Dallas defenseman Brayden McNabb was in the penalty area taking his second penalty of the match when Pavelski scored on a stopwatch from the left circle.

Jason Robertson scored two goals and Jake Oettinger made 37 saves for the starswho went 0-4 after overtime in the 2023 playoffs

William Karlsson and Jonathan Marchessault scored and Adin Hill made 39 saves for Vegas, which had won five in a row.

Karlsson targeted a shot from Reilly Smith on the run to give the golden knights a 1-0 lead at 4:17 of the first period

Robertson scored on a power play to tie it 1–1 at 15:42 of the period. Robertson’s redirect came from Hill and echoed through the air. Hill tried to glove the puck, but Robertson knocked him down with his sword, then slammed the puck into the net from waist level.

Hill had stopped 58 consecutive shots since the second period of Game 2.

golden knights Forward Jack Eichel was stopped on a run with just over 10 minutes left in the second period, but Vegas scored 34 seconds later to take a 2-1 lead. McNabb was just over the goal line when he crossed the puck through the box to Marchessault, who redirected it into the net at 10:23.

Robertson, who had a career-high 11 shots on goal, scored again at 17:21 of the second half to tie it 2-2.

Esa Lindell’s tip shot went wide of the net, but the rebound bounced off the end boards to Robertson, who hit the backhand puck into the open side of the net.

Dallas played without team captain Jamie Benn, who was suspended two games for checking Mark Stone to the face after the Las Vegas forward fell on his back early in Game 3.

He stars they were also without forward Evgenii Dadonov, who suffered a lower-body injury early in the first period of Game 3.

Benn and Dadonov had combined for 21 points (seven goals, 14 assists) in the 15 games before Game 3.

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