Jason Robertson scored the extra-time winner for his second goal of the game in the Dallas Stars‘ 6-5 win over the host Calgary flames SATURDAY.
Robertson finished it with 12 seconds remaining in overtime by cutting in front of the net going from his forehand to his backhand.
Joe Pavelski, Wyatt Johnston Radek Faksa, Jason Robertson and Jani Hakanpaa also scored for Dallas (38-19-13) at the top of the Central Division. Roope Hintz had two assists and Jake Oettinger stopped 33 shots for the win.
Rasmus Andersson and Mackenzie Weegar each had a goal and two assists for Calgary (31-25-14), four points behind the Winnipeg Jets, holding the last Western Conference playoff spot.
Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist, while Blake Coleman and Nick Ritchie also scored for Calgary. Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 shots in the up and down battle at the Saddledome.
The Stars scored twice in the first two minutes of the game.
Calgary scored three unanswered goals in six minutes 38 seconds in the second period to briefly lead 4-3, but Robertson eliminated the Stars before the end of the period.
Oettinger seemed to lose sight of Andersson’s shot from the blue line that gave the Flames a 5-4 lead at 9:53 of the third.
But the visitors equalized again at 12:09 when a loose puck flew towards Hakanpaa. His shot deflected Markstom and into the net.
After two long range attempts from Dallas, Robertson converted the second rebound from the slot at 18:20 of the second period to tie the score 4-4.
The 23-year-old hit the 40-goal mark for a second consecutive season with his first goal of the game.
The hosts led when Ritchie took Andersson’s pass and beat Oettinger on a breakaway with a backhand between the pads at 16:58.
Coleman tied Calgary at 1:56. Andersson’s shot went through Oettinger’s pads and Coleman dove to sweep the puck.
Weegar started Calgary’s three-goal streak at 10:20.
The puck deflecting off Pavelski’s skate high in the zone gave Weegar time to recover it, sink the net and beat Oettinger short side.
Dallas led by two goals less than two minutes after the opening faceoff, but the Flames scored in the third minute.
Johnston made it 3-1 for Dallas at 4:08.
After Jamie Benn won the tie from the offensive zone, Johnston tipped Miro Heiskanen’s shot from the blue line for the 19-year-old’s fourth goal in as many games.
A rebound from Andrew Mangiapane’s shot from the slot bounced off Lindholm, who beat Oettingers with a low, sharp-angle shot at 3:01.
Markstrom’s punt attempt along the boards hit an official and stayed in the zone. The Calgary goaltender made an early save on Hintz, but Faksa got the rebound at 1:58.
The visitors scored 65 seconds into the game in a goal rush. Markstrom couldn’t get his glove on the puck and Pavelski threw it at the tense goaltender.
STRIPED STARS
Heiskanen, who scored twice on Saturday, extended the longest point streak of his career to 10 straight games with three goals and 14 assists during that span.
Johnston’s goal has given the Toronto teenager points in 10 of his last 12 games with seven goals and four assists.
REMARKS
Milan Lucic was eliminated from the Flames on Saturday…Dallas lost veteran center Tyler Seguin for a fifth straight game to a leg injury…Calgary’s Andersson has two goals and six assists in his last four games.
FOLLOWING
The Flames play back-to-back nights in California starting Monday against Los Angeles, followed by Anaheim.
After a 4-2 road trip, the Stars open a three-game home game Tuesday against the Seattle Kraken.
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