2023-05-26 00:22:04
Summary
The Dallas Stars face elimination in Game 4 of the NHL West Final once morest the Vegas Golden Knights.
The score is tied 2-2 at the second intermission.
Jonathan Marchessault broke a 1-1 tie in the middle of the second by scoring in a third straight game. Author of a hat trick in Game 6 of the previous series once morest the Edmonton Oilers, the Quebecer has six goals in his last five games.
Jason Robertson tied the game for the second time before the end of the period with his fourth goal since the start of the series.
In the first, William Karlsson opened the scoring following only 4:17 of play by redirecting a shot from Reilly Smith.
Robertson replied by hitting the puck in the air on the power play with 4:18 left in the first.
Pre-game notes
Recalled by the Dallas Stars a few hours before Game 4 of the Western Final once morest the Vegas Golden Knights, Quebecer Mavrik Bourque will not be in uniform for the game.
In practice in the morning, Bourque was employed on the first wave of the power play, which suggested that he would be in uniform in the evening. It would have been the first career game in the NHL for the former Shawinigan Cataractes.
Head coach Peter DeBoer indicated following practice that Bourque would participate in the warm-up period, following which the team will decide on their roster composition.
The Stars, who are down 3-0 in the series, also recalled forward Rhett Gardner and it was Gardner who DeBoer eventually chose to use on the left of Max Domi and Ty Dellandrea.
Fredrik Olofsson is also entering the formation of the Stars. He was on the fourth line during the warm-up.
The Stars are without captain Jamie Benn for this game and Game 5, if necessary, following being handed a two-game suspension for cross-checking the head of Mark Stone on Tuesday night.
Evgenii Dadonov is also out through injury.
The 21-year-old Bourque appeared in all eight Calder Cup playoff games for Texas, recording one goal and four points.
In his first full professional season, the Plessisville native had 20 goals and 27 assists in 70 games, which placed him ninth among all rookie scorers.
Bourque was drafted in the first round (30th) by the Stars in 2020.
Gardner, a 27-year-old veteran, led Texas in the playoffs with eight points (4 goals and 4 assists) in eight games. In 71 regular season games, he has amassed 10 goals and 30 assists.
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