Saturday, February 25, 2023 10:00 PM (ET)

Roope Hintz ties it, wins it for Stars over Vegas

Field Level Media
Feb 26, 2023

Roope Hintz scored the tying goal with 38 seconds left and then tallied the game-winner in the shootout as the Dallas Stars rallied for a 3-2 victory over the host Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.

The Stars snapped a five-game losing streak.

Trailing 2-1, Dallas pulled goalie Jake Oettinger for an extra attacker with 2:12 remaining. Hintz tied it at the 19:22 mark when he fired a wrist shot from the high slot into the upper left corner of the net for his 24th goal of the season.

Oettinger, who finished with 41 saves, made a pad save on Paul Cotter to start the shootout. Jason Robertson then put Dallas ahead when he fired a shot past Vegas goalie Laurent Brossoit's glove side to improve to 5-for-5 in shootouts this season.

Oettinger then made a left pad save on a Jack Eichel attempt to start the second round. Hintz, who was 0-for-7 in shootout tries in his career, then clinched the victory with a wrist shot from the slot through Brossoit's pads.

Dallas closed to within two points of the Golden Knights for the No. 1 spot in the Western Conference with the win.

Rookie Wyatt Johnston also scored a goal and Jamie Benn added two assists for the Stars.

Eichel and Michael Amadio both scored goals for Vegas, which saw its five-game home winning streak snapped. Brossoit finished with 41 saves.

The Golden Knights took a 1-0 lead at the 12:00 mark of the second period on Amadio's 10th goal of the season. Defenseman Brayden McNabb got the primary assist with a slap pass from the left point that Amadio, stationed by the left side of the net, redirected past Oettinger's blocker side.

Dallas tied just 2:01 later when Johnston, left alone on the backdoor by the left post, tapped in a crossing pass from Ty Dellandrea for his 14th goal.

Eichel gave Vegas a 2-1 lead with 4:37 remaining in regulation. He took a pass from Chandler Stephenson on the left wing and then broke in and cut in front of the crease before wrapping a shot around Oettinger's left pad for his 20th goal of the season.

It's the sixth 20-goal season of Eichel's career.

--Field Level Media

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