Mikael Granlund scored his second goal of the game at 2:32 of overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.
Thomas Harley had a goal and two assists, Wyatt Johnston also scored, Roope Hintz logged two assists and Jake Oettinger made 22 saves for the Stars (43-21-3, 89 points), who improved to 2-2-1 since the March 7 trade deadline.
Leo Carlsson scored two goals, including a penalty shot in the second period, Nikita Nesterenko scored for the second consecutive game and Lukas Dostal made 27 saves for the Ducks (29-31-8, 66 points), who have lost four of five (1-3-1).
Dostal made a save on Hintz midway through overtime and tried to poke the puck away from in front of the crease, but it went to Granlund in the slot, and he shot it into the net.
Harley scored on a one-timer from the slot off a feed from below the goal line by Jamie Benn to tie the game 3-3 at 4:37 of the third period.
The Ducks were getting outshot 4-1 when Johnston deflected Harley’s point shot into the net while on a power play to give the Stars a 1-0 lead at 11:42 of the first period.
The Ducks were outshot 9-2 in the first period, even with the benefit of two power plays.
Nesterenko tallied on a deflection to tie it 1-1 at 2:48 of the second.
The Stars moved ahead 2-1 at 4:25 of the middle period when Granlund squeezed the puck between Dostal and the near post from a sharp angle.
Carlsson scored on a five-on-three power play to tie it 2-2 at 13:03 of the second.
The goal was initially disallowed after Ryan Strome took a shot from in close and continued to swipe at the puck after it squeezed through Oettinger’s pads and drifted toward the goal line.
Carlsson pushed it across just as the referee behind the net waved off the goal for goalie interference on Strome. Anaheim challenged that there was no interference, and upon review, the referees agreed and awarded the goal to the Ducks.
Carlsson was then awarded a penalty shot after he was hooked by Oskar Back on a partial breakaway with 40 seconds left in the second period. The Ducks center slipped the puck past Oettinger for a 3-2 lead.
–Field Level Media
