Yanni Gourde beat goaltender Jake Oettinger over his glove side shoulder just over 12 minutes into overtime to give the Seattle Kraken a 5-4 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals. FOX13
Oettinger had saved a shot chance from Oliver Bjorkstrand that created a scramble for the puck near the right circle. Gourde managed to corral the loose puck and snap the shot into the back of the net to snag a big road win to open the best-of-seven series.
It's the second overtime win in the playoffs for Seattle this year and they remain unbeaten in overtime games. The Kraken beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in Game 4 of the first round series between the two teams. Pavelski restored the Dallas lead less than a minute later as he managed to tip a shot from Thomas Harley over past Graubuer for a 2-1 Stars lead.
But Seattle didn't stop there. Just 41 seconds after Bjorkstrand's goal, Eberle scored to give Seattle a 4-2 lead. Eberle won an offensive zone face-off and found space in front of the net to tip a Vince Dunn shot over the glove shoulder of Oettinger as the stunned Stars struggled to regroup. Dallas killed off a Kraken power play with just under 11 minutes left to play before Pavelski's third goal cut the lead to one. Pavelski buried a rebound chance off a shot from Jamie Benn with 10:10 left to play to spark the Dallas crowd and pull within reach of Seattle.
Schwartz had a backhand chance in front of the net blocked by Hakanpää that may have prevented a goal. Tye Kartye got a great look off a rush chance that just missed the net wide chance four minutes into overtime.
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