The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs have been a treat thus far.
We’ve already seen plenty of overtime in the postseason, starting right off the bat with the Tampa Bay Lightning defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets in the fourth-longest playoff game in NHL history. Sunday provided more sudden-death hockey, with an action-packed tilt between the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames being forced beyond regulation in dramatic fashion.
Joe Pavelski scored two goals over the first two periods of the game and earned a hat trick in the final minute of the third to tie things up and send Game 4 of the first-round series to overtime.
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The Stars rode of the momentum of Pavelski’s trifecta into overtime, as John Klingberg scored the game-winning goal to give Dallas a 5-4 win and even the series at two games apiece.
