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Round 2 Game 5 Recap – Dallas Stars v. St. Louis Blues

Dallas Stars v. St. Louis Blues

Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2

 

Game Recap:

Going into Game 5 both the Dallas Stars and the St. Louis Blues look to gain the advantage in their now best of three series, and it would be the Stars who would get things started as Jason Spezza would net his third of playoffs in the first three minutes of the game to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.

 

To start the second period the Stars would come out buzzing and kill the Blues powerplay, and then a little over six minutes into the period Alexander Radulov wouldnfeedva beautiful pass to Esa Lindell who would backhand it off of Blues defender Jay Bouwmeester to make it 2-0. The Blues would get two more powerplay opportunities, but would squander both of them as the Stars would play very toght hockey to prevemt amy opportunities.

 

Then going into the third period the Blues would force the play, and it would pay off as while attacking the net Jaden Schwartz would find a loose pick and throw it towards the goal past Ben Bishop to cut the Stars lead to one. Then 21 seconds after scoring, Jamie Benn would be called for hooking, but the Stars penalty kill was perfect once again. The Blues would keep pushing, but the Stars woild hold on to win the game 2-1 to take a 3-2 series lead.

 

Lineups:

Dallas Stars:

Jason Dickinson — Tyler Seguin — Mats Zuccarello

Jamie Benn — Roope Hintz — Alexander Radulov

Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau

Jason Spezza — Justin Dowling — Mattias Janmark

Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak

Dillon Heatherington — Ben Lovejoy

Ben Bishop

Anton Khudobin

Scratched: Valeri Nichushkin, Gavin Bayreuther, Brett Ritchie, Taylor Fedun, Landon Bow, Tyler Pitlick

Injured: Jamie Oleksiak (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Stephen Johns (upper body), Joel Hanley (upper body)

 

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

Vince Dunn — Carl Gunnarsson

Jordan Binnington

Jake Allen

Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso

 

First Period:

Stars Goal – 2:42 – Jason Spezza (3) from Tyler Seguin (7) and Mattias Janmark (2)

Blues Penalty – 6:57 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Hooking

Stars Penalty – 19:24 – Roman Polak 2 minutes for Holding

 

End of 1st – DAL – 1       STL – 0

Shots              00                00

Faceoffs         00                00

Hits               00                  00

PP                 0/1                 0/0* 1st in progress

 

Second Period:

Stars Goal – 6:13 – Esa Lindell (1) from Alexander Radulov (5) and John Klingberg (7)

Stars Penalty – 9:47 – Blake Comeau 2 minutes for Hooking

Stars Penalty – 17:14 – Andrew Cogliano 2 minutes for High Sticking

 

End of 2nd – DAL – 2        STL – 0

Shots               22                 24

Faceoffs          22                 27

Hits                 11                  24

PP                   0/1                  0/3

 

Third Period:

Blues Goal – 8:26 – Jaden Schwartz (7) from unassisted

Stars Penalty – 8:47 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Hooking

Blues Penalty – 20:00 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Slashing

 

End of 3rd – DAL – 2         STL – 1

Shots              27                   39

Faceoffs        31                    33

Hits               14                     30

PP                 0/1                    0/4

 

Next Up:

Game 6 – DAL Leads 3-2

 

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Round 2 Game 4 Recap – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

STL Leads 2-1

 

Game Recap:

The St. Louis Blues come into Game 4 looking to take home ice away from the Dallas Stars again, and extend their series lead. However, it would be the Stars who would start the game aggressively and get the first five shots on goal, but it would be a Jason Dickinson high sticking penalty that would give the Blues the powerplay and 18 seconds into the powerplay Vladimir Tarasenko would score his fifth of the playoffs to give the Blues an early 1-0 lead. Dickinson would make it up to his team though as he would get the puck past Jordan Binnington to tie the game at one a piece. Then in the final 3 minutes of the first period, Tyler Bozak would take an ill advised offensive zone penalty which would lead to Jason Spezza blasting a slapshot past a screened Binnington to give the Stars a 2-1 lead going into the first intermission.

 

In the second period the Stars would continue their dominate play from the first period as John Klingberg would score to make it 3-1 for Dallas off of a very beautiful wrister that would get past Binnington who has looked spectacular while under seige during this game so far. Then later in the period the Stars would continue their dominating play as Roope Hintz would score his fifth of the playoffs as the Stars head into the second intermission leading 4-1.

 

Going into the third period the St. Louis Blues played with a lot more urgency and would outshoot the Dallas Stars 12-5 in the period, but Ben Bishop would stand tall stopping all but one shot to guide the Stars to a 4-2 victory and even the series at two a piece.

 

Lineups:

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo

Jordan Binnington

Jake Allen

Scratched: Joel Edmundson, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Jared Coreau

 

Dallas Stars:

Jason Dickinson — Tyler Seguin — Mats Zuccarello

Jamie Benn — Roope Hintz — Alexander Radulov

Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau

Mattias Janmark — Justin Dowling — Jason Spezza

Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak

Joel Hanley — Ben Lovejoy

Ben Bishop

Anton Khudobin

Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Valeri Nichushkin, Brett Ritchie, Taylor Fedun, Gavin Bayreuther, Landon Bow

Injured: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Jamie Oleksiak (lower body)

 

First Period:

Stars Penalty – 4:44 – Jason Dickinson 2 minutes for High Sticking

Blues PPG – 5:02 – Vladimir Tarasenko (5) from Vince Dunn (4) and Ryan O’Reilly (5)

Stars Goal – 11:23 – Jason Dickinson (3) from Tyler Seguin (5) and Mats Zuccarello (5)

Blues Penalty – 17:15 – Tyler Bozak 2 minutes for Interference

Stars PPG – 19:08 – Jason Spezza (2) from Alexander Radulov (3) and Esa Lindell (3)

 

End of 1st – STL – 1       DAL – 2

Shots              08                12

Faceoffs         09                13

Hits               10                  11

PP                 1/1                 1/1

 

Second Period:

Stars Goal – 9:26 – John Klingberg (2) from Tyler Seguin (6) and Mats Zuccarello (6)

Stars Penalty – 10:33 – Radek Faksa 2 minutes for Holding

Stars Goal – 17:28 – Roope Hintz (5) from Jamie Benn (7) and Alexander Radulov (4)

Blues Penalty – 20:00 – Jordan Binnington (Jay Bouwmeester) 2 minutes for Roughing

Blues Penalty – 20:00 – Jordan Binnington (Tyler Bozak) 2 minutes for Slashing

Stars Penalty – 20:00 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

 

End of 2nd – STL – 1        DAL – 4

Shots               17                 26

Faceoffs          17                 26

Hits                 22                  24

PP                   1/2                 1/1

 

Third Period:

Stars Penalty – 2:47 – Tyler Pitlick 2 minutes for High Sticking

Blues Goal – 13:44 – Robert Thomas (1) from Alex Pietrangelo (8) and Ryan O’Reilly (6)

 

End of 3rd – STL – 2         DAL – 4

Shots              29                   31

Faceoffs        24                    35

Hits               28                     30

PP                 1/3                    1/2

 

Next Up:

Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2

 

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Round 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars – Game 3 Recap

St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

Series Tied 1-1

 

Game Recap (Provided by @aew328123 Aryan):

The St. Louis Blues came out with a much faster start than in Game 2, with Jaden Schwartz opening the scoring. While Alexander Radulov was able to tie the game at 1 for the Dallas Stars on a great play on the power play, the Blues seemed like they were in control of the game.

 

The second period brought more of the same, but the tide seemed to be tilting in Dallas’s favor, but the Blues’ third line had an amazing shift, with great plays by Vince Dunn and Robert Thomas to set up an easy tap in for Tyler Bozak.

 

The fireworks really started in the third, with teams trading quick goals. Andrew Cogliano scored to tie the game at 2, but Alex Pietrangelo followed that up with another goal to give the Blues a late 3-2 lead. However, Alex giveth, Alex taketh away as a poor clearing attempt directly set up Dallas’s third goal. Fortunately Pat Maroon knocked down featherweight Esa Lindell, and sniped the game winning goal. Game 4 is slated for Wednesday at 930 PM eastern in Dallas.

 

Lineups:

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo

Scratched: Joel Edmundson, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Jared Coreau

 

Dallas Stars:

Jamie Benn — Tyler Seguin — Alexander Radulov

Jason Dickinson - Roope Hintz – Mats Zuccarello

Andrew Cogliano – Radek Faksa – Blake Comeau

Mattias Janmark – Justin Dowling – Jason Spezza

Esa Lindell – John Klingberg

Miro Heiskanen – Roman Polak

Taylor Fedun – Ben Lovejoy

Ben Bishop

Anton Khudobin

Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Valeri Nichushkin, Gavin Bayreuther, Joel Hanley, Brett Ritchie, Landon Bow, Julius Honka

Injured: Jamie Oleksiak (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Stephen Johns (upper body)

 

First Period:

Blues Goal – 1:27 – Jaden Schwartz (6) from Colton Parayko (5) and Ryan O’Reilly (4)

Stars Penalty – 13:11 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Tripping

Blues Penalty – 15:36 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Tripping

Stars PPG – 17:12 – Alexander Radulov (5) from Jason Spezza (2) and Justin Dowling (2)

 

End of 1st – STL – 1       DAL – 1

Shots              10                11

Faceoffs         08                12

PP                  0/1                 1/1

 

Second Period:

Blues Penalty – :57 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Delay of Game

Blues Goal – 8:30 – Tyler Bozak (2) from Robert Thomas (2) and Vince Dunn (3)

Blues Penalty – 16:10 – Carl Gunnarsson 2 minutes for High Sticking

Blues Penalty – 16:29 – Robert Bortuzzo 2 minutes for Cross Checking

Stars Penalty – 16:29 – Esa Lindell 2 minutes for Embellishment

 

End of 2nd – STL – 2        DAL- 1

Shots               25                 21

Faceoffs          17                 29

PP                   0/1                  1/4

 

Third Period:

Stars Penalty – 12:07 – Roman Polak 2 minutes for High Sticking

Stars SHG – 13:06 – Andrew Cogliano (2) from Mattias Janmark (1)

Blues Goal – 14:24 – Alex Pietrangelo (1) from Jay Bouwmeester (4) and Jaden Schwartz (2)

Stars Goal – 15:52 – Tyler Seguin (3) from Miro Heiskanen (2) and Mats Zuccarello (4)

Blues Goal – 18:22 – Pat Maroon (2) from Jay Bouwmeester (5) and Tyler Bozak (3)

Blues Penalty – Colton Parayko 2 minutes for Delay of Game

 

End of 3rd – STL – 4         DAL – 3

Shots              34                   31

Faceoffs        27                    45

Hits               28                     29

PP                 0/2                    1/4

 

Next Up:

Game 4 – St. Louis Leads 2-1

 

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St. Louis Blues – Dallas Stars Game 1 Recap

Game 1 of the Blues-Stars second round series saw St. Louis take a 1-0 with a goal by unlikely scorer, Robby Fabbri. Play was relatively even through the rest of the first, and the Blues took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.

The second period brought more action with Jason Spezza capitalizing on a great pass to barely get the puck by Jordan Binnington and tie the game at 1. This lead was short-lived though when Vladimir Tarasenko drew a penalty on Roman Polak, then proceeded to immediately score.

Leading 2-1 in the third period, Tarasenko scored one of the more spectacular goals I have seen:

Jamie Benn managed to score a goal late to make it 3-2, but it was meaningless – not only because it should not have counted since the referee blew the whistle prior to the puck entering the net, but then signaled a goal, and Toronto’s review team, um, concurred, but also that they were not able to tie it at 3, despite a few chances at the end.

The next game is Saturday at 3PM Eastern in St. Louis.

 

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St. Louis Blues – Dallas Stars Round 2 Preview

Mike: “Ok, Blues – Stars preview, you’re up.”

Me: “Oh…uh…I wasn’t really expecting the Blues to win, so I think I used up all the words I know in the last preview.”

Mike: “…”

Me: “…”

Hello round 2, it’s been a while. The Blues and Stars met four times during the regular season, with the Blues winning just one game. Before digging deeper into the season series, as someone who has been referred to as both ‘intelligent’ and ‘artificial’, I’m always one to extol the virtues of algorithmic literacy.  I always look for hockey analysis rooted in metrics (albeit arcane, for now), rather than atavistic practices like ‘hockey guys’ simply spouting platitudes like ‘this team will win because they want it more,’ as if by fiat. To that end, Micah Blake McCurdy (Twitter @IneffectiveMath), who focuses on hockey analytics and data visualization, did a remarkable job predicting first round series (and showing that Tampa Bay was not the Cup favorite all ‘experts’ seemed to think they were). Let’s check in with Mr. McCurdy regarding the second round:

54% Dallas, 46% St. Louis? Whatever, what does this guy know? This is hockey, not bean-counting.

While the Stars did take 3 out of 4 games during the regular season, similar to last series against the Jets, this does not tell the whole story, because the Blues were rarely at full-strength. In the first game, on January 8, the Blues were without Jordan “sangfroid” Binnington, and this was a particularly ignominious defeat for Jake Allen:

Though Allen did play well after he blew the game, it was not enough. Binnington did start the next 3 games (winning just 1), but the Blues were without Brayden Schenn – a critical part of the top line at the time – for both of the losses. Now I’m not saying that Schenn’s presence is going to be a panacea for the Blues’ struggles against the Stars, but he will absolutely make a big difference.

Aside from Schenn (and the always-noted goaltending battle), the keys to the series essentially boil down to:

  1. Will Vladimir Tarasenko score? and
  2. Will Jamie Benn not score?

Benn scored 5 goals in the Stars’ three wins, so keeping him at least relatively off the scoresheet is critical to the Blues’ success. Similarly, Tarasenko seems to rise to the occasion against Dallas, scoring 3 goals this season.

It’s as simple as that. I’m taking the Blues in 6, and once again, if that happens, I’ll tell you that I’m omniscient (oh, by the way, the Blues won the last series, so allow me to say it: I’m omniscient), but as always, if I’m wrong, let’s not talk about it.

Ultimately, I believe this is going to be a hard fought series, with neither team really having the upper-hand. If the Blues happen to lose, I’ll be upset, but I will not feel angry or indignant unless one of their fans happens to speak derisively about one particular topic:

Ok. Fine. It’s on now.

 

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TXHT Announces 2nd Round Writers

TXHT is proud to announce the writers for the 2nd Round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Round1-CBJvs-preview

Steve Gardiner ( @gardskie11 ) will be the lead writer for the Boston Bruins v. Columbus Blue Jackets series. Steve will be backed up by Russell Hartman ( @russellhartman10 ).

 

Round 2 - CARNYI - Preview

Christopher Vasilas ( @shaggy901516 ) will be the lead writer for the Carolina Hurricanes v. New York Islanders series. Chris will be backed up by Michael Lindenbaum.

 

Round 2 - DALSTL - Preview

Aryan Weisenfeld ( @aew328123 ) will be the lead writer for the St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars series. Michael will also be the backup writer for this series.

 

Round1-COLvsSJ preview

Scott Fairchild ( @sfairchild92d98e75a8f0 ) will be the lead writer for the Colorado Avalanche v. San Jose Sharks series. Scott will be backed up by Dickson Kendrick ( @dkendrick4 ).

 

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April 21st, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, April 21st, 2019, and these are your news and notes

 

There were three Stanley Cup playoffs games  in action yesterday.  All the recaps are written by TXHT’s staff.

 

 

Dallas 5, NASHVILLE 3 (Dallas leads the series 3-2)

 

Game 5, 3-2 DAL

 

The Dallas Stars are one win away from advancing to the second round after they defeated the Nashville Predators yesterday by the score of 5-3.

 

Dickson Kendrick has your recap of the contest between Dallas and Nashville which you can read here or at the link below.

 

 

ST. LOUIS 3, Winnipeg 2 (St. Louis wins the series 4-2)

 

Game 6. 4-2 STL

 

The St. Louis Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets by the score of 3-2 and have advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  The Blues await the winner of the series between the Predators and Stars.

 

Aryan Weisenfeld has your recap of the contest between the Blues and Jets here or at the link below.

 

 

 

WASHINGTON 6, Carolina 0 (Washington leads the series 3-2)

 

Game 5. 3-2 WSH

 

The Washington Capitals crushed the Carolina Hurricanes last night with a 6-0 win and are one win away from facing off against the NY Islanders in the second round.

 

Michael Lindenbaum was live from the contest between the Capitals and the Hurricanes and you can read the recap of the contest here or at the link posted below.

 

 

There are two contests taking place today in Stanley Cup playoff action with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights looking to advance to the second round.

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats, you can check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report posted below.

 

 

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April 19th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Friday, April 19th, 2019, and these are your news and notes covering yesterday’s contests.

 

There were three contests in Stanley Cup playoff action yesterday and the recaps are written by the TXHT staff.

 

Yesterday’s Results:

 

 

CAROLINA 2, Washington 1 (Series is tied 2-2)

 

Game 4. 2-2 Tie

 

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals by the score of 2-1 last night to tie their series at 2-2.  Both teams will look to take the 3-2 series lead when Game 5 takes place tomorrow night (April 20th) at Capital One Arena.

 

You can find the recap of yesterday’s contest here or at the tweet below.

 

 

St. Louis 3, WINNIPEG 2 (St. Louis leads the series 3-2)

 

Game 5. 3-2 STL

 

The St. Louis Blues would come back after being down 2-0 to defeat the Winnipeg Jets by the score of 3-2, to take the lead in the series.  The Blues will look to advance to the second round when Game 6 of this series takes place tomorrow night (April 20th) at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

 

You can find the recap of last night’s contest between the Jets and the Blues here or at the tweet posted below.

 

 

 

SAN JOSE 5, Vegas 2 (Vegas leads the series 3-2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today there are only two games in Stanley Cup playoff action…

 

The Colorado Avalanche look to advance to the second round in their series and either the Boston Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs will take the 3-2 series lead.

 

 

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April 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, April 17th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were four contests in NHL action yesterday and TXHT has all of your recaps for those contests.

 

 

COLUMBUS 7, Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus wins the series 4-0)

 

Game 4 - 4-0 CBJ

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday with the 7-3 win.

 

Dickson Kendrick has your full recap of the contest between Columbus and Tampa Bay at the link below.

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets now await the winner of the Boston Bruins v. Toronto Maple Leafs

 

 

NY Islanders 3, PITTSBURGH 1 (NY Islanders wins the series 4-0)

 

The NY Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by the score of 3-1 and in doing so won this series and advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

Game 4. 4-0 NYI

 

Chris Vasilas has your full recap of the contest between the Islanders and the Penguins at the link below.

 

 

The NY Islanders advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and await the winner between the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes.

 

 

Winnipeg 2, ST. LOUIS 1 (OT) (Series is tied 2-2)

 

The Winnipeg Jets tied their series with the St. Louis Blues with a 2-1 win in overtime.  Winnipeg will look to take the 3-2 series lead when Game 5 shifts back to Winnipeg.

 

Game 4. 2-2 Tied

 

Aryan Weisenfeld has your recap of the contest between the Winnipeg Jets and the St. Louis Blues at the link below.

 

 

VEGAS 5, San Jose 0 (Vegas leads the series 3-1)

 

 

 

Today there are three games on the Stanley Cup Playoff schedule

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats, you can check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report here.

 

You can check out all of TXHT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff coverage here.

 

 

 

 

Game 4 Recap – Winnipeg Jets v. St. Louis Blues

The start of the Winnipeg Jets – St. Louis Blues game was a lot slower and less eventful than that of the first several games, with neither team taking charge or creating a large amount of (quality) chances. The Jets had some opportunities on their first power play, but Jordan Binnington stood tall and kept the game tied at zero, where it stood at the end of the first period. The Blues actually managed to block one of Patrick Laine’s shots.

The second period was much more wide open, with both teams trading off quality chances. Connor Hellebuyck has kept the Jets in it (as opposed to decidedly keeping them out of it in games 1-2). The Blues played well (except Jaden Schwartz) and it seemed like the Jets were always on their heels.

The Blues opened up the third with a power-play goal by Vladimir Tarasenko, his second in two games (funny what happens when Schwartz and Jori Lehtera aren’t his linemates).

The Jets fired back just after the seven-minute mark of the third period when Mark Scheifele tipped home a shot to tie the game up at 1 a-piece. Binnington and Helebyuck would stand their ground for the rest of the period and this game would head off to overtime.

Overtime would open up and see some chances at both ends but both goalies stood their ground. Until Mark Scheifele would take the puck up ice and dish it off to Kyle Connor would seal the deal and put the puck into the gaping net. Winnipeg ties the series at 2-2 and sends it back home to Winnipeg for a crucial game 5.