The Dallas Stars haven’t led for a long time against the Colorado Avalanche, but they’ve found the back of the net when it counts in their opening round playoff series.
Tyler Seguin followed up Colin Blackwell on Wednesday with a second overtime winner in the past two games as Dallas turned a 1-0 series deficit into a 2-1 lead heading into Game 4 on Saturday night.
Believe it or not, the Stars have only held a lead for 62 total seconds over the first three games.
Blackwell ended an eight-game losing streak that dated back to the regular season in Game 2 when he beat Colorado goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood with an impressive individual effort nearly 18 minutes into overtime.
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Seguin, meanwhile, turned back the clock as he returns from hip surgery to send the crowd in Denver home unhappy as he spoiled the end of Game 3 on Blackwood’s short side off assists from Mason Marchment and Mikko Rantanen.
In Games 2 and 3, the Stars won consecutive playoff games in overtime for the first time in franchise history. Dallas also registered back-to-back third-period postseason comeback wins for the fourth time in Stars/North Stars history.
Blackwell’s OT strike was the first game-winning goal of his playoff career (nine games).
Additionally, Seguin — at 13 years and one day — now holds the third-longest span between playoff overtime goals in NHL history, behind Ray Whitney (16 years, 344 days) and Teemu Selanne (14 years, 23 days).
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