“Dallas” after three losses no longer had the right to be wrong. And the club management even invited the former world boxing champion Mike Tyson to the fourth match. The visit of the boxing legend had a positive impact on the ‘star’ players.
After Game 3, Dallas lost to injury Russian forward Yevgeny Dadonov, who was unable to recover from a collision with a teammate.
Beginning of the match that went to “Vegas” – William Karlsson opened the scoring in the fifth minute. But Jason Robertson, towards the end of the initial period, was able to restore equality.
In the second twenty minutes, the teams exchanged goals again. Jonathan Marchesseau put the guests ahead, but Robertson returned to tie the score.
The score 2:2 has not changed until the end of regulation time. And in overtime veteran Joe Pavelski brought the victory of “Dallas” – 3:2. For him, this goal in the playoffs was 73 and surpassed the achievement of Russian striker Alexander Ovechkin – 72 goals. No one else scored among the active players.
The score in the four-win series was 3-1 in favor of Las Vegas. Previously, Forida reached the final, having won a 4-0 series against Carolina.