EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Greater than a decade since Corey Perry gained the Stanley Cup as a younger participant and years after Joe Pavelski fell two wins quick, the greybeards aren’t prepared to go away the bubble and quit on one other alternative for a championship simply but.

Pavelski tied it with 6:45 left within the regulation, laid out to dam a shot within the first extra time and Perry’s second objective of the sport got here in double OT to provide the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay and drive a Recreation 6 within the Stanley Cup Ultimate.

”Get one, maintain going,” Perry mentioned. ”We begin constructing right here, and I feel we’re beginning to do one thing particular.”

Anton Khudobin made 39 saves and Perry’s winner 9:23 into the second OT was a fashion of redemption for the Stars an evening after they misplaced in OT on a questionable penalty name when Tampa Bay scored on the following energy play. Recreation 6 is Monday evening.

The 36-year-old Pavelski and 35-year-old Perry have mixed for the final six Stars targets.

A lot for hockey being a younger man’s recreation.

”With how they play, I do not know should you can name them outdated,” Stars middle Tyler Seguin mentioned. ”They appear to have the perfect endurance of all of us. Joe retains getting the late targets and Perry performed a terrific recreation.”

The Stars stayed alive regardless of happening to 5 defensemen for half of regulation when Andrej Sekera was injured blocking a shot halfway by means of the primary. Sekera returned for the third, a gutty efficiency which will have saved a workforce that operating on fumes.

”That reveals you his compete,” Stars coach Rick Bowness mentioned. ”Give him a ton of credit score for coming again. That was robust.”

The Stars did not have a lot time to regroup from Friday evening’s loss, not with the NHL scheduling the primary again to again video games within the ultimate since 2009 and simply the second time because the mid-1950s. On an evening the place each groups at occasions regarded worn down, the Stars had been in a position to reply in a giant approach towards a more healthy opponent.

”They seem to be a good workforce,” Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman mentioned. ”They fought again.”

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Pavelski led the best way. Within the ultimate for the second time in his profession after dropping in 2016 with San Jose, he adopted his two-goal efficiency in Recreation 5 with a season-saver 24 hours later by scoring on a uncommon juicy rebound allowed by Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper in contrast his workforce’s scenario now to the Jap Convention ultimate when an extra time loss to the New York Islanders in Recreation 5 prolonged the collection. The Lightning completed that collection off in six and can attempt to take action once more.

”We have felt this sense earlier than,” Cooper mentioned. ”We’ve felt this sting after which we have rebounded.”

Pavelski felt it even worse attending to Recreation 6 of the 2016 ultimate with the Sharks earlier than falling quick. Perry introduced with him to Dallas a Cup ring from the 2007 Anaheim Geese, a lifetime in hockey in the past.

”I used to be a younger child coming into the league at 22 years outdated and I had the chance to win,” Perry mentioned. ”However right here we’re, 13 years later and we have an opportunity to do it with this group.”

Because of him and to Pavelski, who’s now tied with Tampa Bay’s Brayden Level for probably the most targets this postseason with 13. He additionally set the profession playoff report for targets by an American with 61.

”We’ll recuperate,” Pavelski mentioned. ”We have performed a variety of hockey the final 24 hours, and we’re having enjoyable. We’re not able to go dwelling fairly but.”

Tampa Bay blew a 2-1 third-period lead and misplaced for simply the third time in one-goal video games this postseason. The Lightning should now determine easy methods to comprise a immediately harmful Dallas high line led by Pavelski, together with Perry.

One other query is the well being of Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who was gradual to rise up after a giant hit within the first OT. That was across the similar time Pavelski blocked a shot by Level to maintain the sport going.

Nobody stored the collection going greater than Khudobin, whose blocker-side save on Yanni Gourde from point-blank vary early was simply the beginning of him returning to kind after permitting 13 targets the previous three video games.

Khudobin, who at 34 is enjoying probably the most consecutive video games of his NHL profession, advised goalie coach Jeff Reese he wished to be in web for the second half of the again to again. He stored Dallas alive.

”We’re not right here with out Dobby,” Bowness mentioned. ”He wished that ball. He wished that puck. He wished to be in that web.”

NOTES: Khudobin grew to become the fifth goaltender since 1956 to make 700-plus saves in a single postseason. … Justin Dowling made his NHL playoff debut changing injured Dallas ahead Roope Hintz. … Tampa Bay once more performed with out injured captain Steven Stamkos.

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Monday evening will mark simply the second Recreation 6 the Lightning play within the playoffs after ending their first two collection out in 5 every.

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