The Stars proved as soon as once more that no lead is protected within the Stanley Cup Playoffs as they accomplished a multi-goal, third-period comeback win to take Recreation 1 of their Western Convention Ultimate sequence. Dallas dropped its opener towards Edmonton throughout the final-four spherical final yr.
* The Hurricanes hope to even their Japanese Convention Ultimate sequence tonight, whereas the Panthers look to return residence with a 2-0 lead. The competition begins at 8 p.m. ET and is offered on TNT, truTV and Max within the U.S. in addition to on Sportsnet, TVA Sports activities and CBC in Canada.
* The NHL and NHLPA gained Sports Event of the Year eventually evening’s SBJ Sports activities Enterprise Awards for the 4 Nations Face-Off, which captivated sports activities followers everywhere in the world. The Panthers had been additionally named Sports Team of the Year.
Stars rating sequence of power-play targets to finish comeback in Recreation 1
Miro Heiskanen (1-1—2), Mikael Granlund (1-1—2) and Matt Duchene delivered power-play targets within the opening six minutes of the third interval as Dallas rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Edmonton in Recreation 1 of the Western Convention Ultimate. The Stars account for 2 of the previous three multi-goal, third-period comeback wins throughout the Convention Finals (additionally Game 5 of 2020 CF) and two of the 4 this postseason (additionally Game 7 of R1).
* The Stars turned the seventh staff in NHL historical past with a number of multi-goal, third-period comeback wins in a single postseason, following the 2024 Canucks, 2017 Geese, 2017 Senators, 1993 Islanders, 1984 Oilers and 1956 Crimson Wings. Dallas turned the primary amongst that group with two victories in regulation.
* The Stars turned the second staff since 1934 (when targets by kind had been formally tracked) with three power-play targets within the opening six minutes of a playoff interval, following the Rangers in Game 1 of the 2014 Conference Finals (4:36 in P3).
* Tyler Seguin (2-1—3) tallied a team-leading three factors to succeed in 23 profession playoff targets since becoming a member of the Stars. He handed Brett Hull (21) for the seventh most in team history (since 1994).
* WATCH HERE for full highlights from Oilers–Stars Recreation 1.
NHL, NHLPA and Panthers laurelled at SBJ Sports activities Enterprise Awards
The NHL and NHLPA gained Sports activities Occasion of the 12 months for the 4 Nations Face-Off on the SBJ Sports activities Enterprise Awards on Wednesday, whereas the reigning Stanley Cup-champion Panthers pocketed Sports activities Staff of the 12 months honors. Click here to learn extra.
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HURRICANES LOOK TO EVEN SERIES VERSUS SURGING PANTHERS
The Hurricanes haven’t misplaced back-to-back video games up to now within the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs and can look to maintain that development alive on residence ice in Recreation 2 to even their sequence with the Panthers, who’ve gained three consecutive highway video games and 5 of their previous six contests general.
* The Hurricanes will lean on their robust residence file (5-1; their solely residence loss this postseason was in Recreation 1) to attract even with the Panthers. As noted by @NHLFantasy utilizing NHL Edge, though Carolina dropped the sequence opener by a 5-2 rating, it had a a lot increased offensive zone time share (46.7%) than Florida (36.9%) whereas outshooting them by a 33-20 margin.
* Carolina is looking its first victory within the Convention Finals/Semifinals or later since successful Recreation 7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Ultimate towards the Oilers (in addition they gained Recreation 7 of the Convention Finals that postseason towards the Sabres). Since then, Carolina has misplaced 13 straight video games in Convention Finals/Semifinals play (4-0 L vs. PIT in 2009; 4-0 L vs. BOS in 2019; 4-0 L vs. FLA in 2023; Path FLA 1-0 in 2025).
* Florida has been buoyed by the road of Eetu Luostarinen (4-9—13 in 13 GP), Brad Marchand (3-9—12 in 13 GP) and Anton Lundell (4-6—10 in 13 GP) who rank first, second and tied for fifth on the staff in factors this postseason. The Panthers entered Wednesday with a League-leading 26 high-danger goals within the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs – the Luostarinen-Marchand-Lundell line has mixed to attain 9 of these, with Luostarinen (4) and Lundell (4) tied with Carter Verhaeghe (4) for the staff lead.
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* The Panthers (6-2) have extra highway wins than any staff this postseason and might lengthen their highway successful streak to 4 video games for the third consecutive postseason following a four-game run in 2024 and an eight-game stretch in 2023 that is still the second-longest highway win streak in playoffs historical past (Kings: 10 GP in 2012). Luostarinen (4-8—12 in 8 GP) and Marchand (2-8—10 in 8 GP) rank within the high three in highway factors among all skaters this postseason.
