This series comes with a string.
The Dallas Stars fought back from a 0-2 deficit to win back-to-back road games in Las Vegas and two games apiece in the series against the Golden Knights.
The Stars' depth shined on Monday, as goals from Ty Dellandrea and Evgeni Dadonov secured the win before the series returned to Dallas.
See details of the win below.
game story
— The Stars' series-tying Game 4 win over Las Vegas showed how deep and dangerous Dallas is
— 5 thoughts from Stars-Golden Knights Game 4: Dallas roars back to tied series
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Finals – Dallas 4, Vegas 2
After back-to-back wins in Las Vegas, the Stars won Game 4 and held on until they won the series 2-2. The series returns to Dallas for Game 5 on Wednesday night. Click here to read our thoughts on Game 4.
Dallas 4, Vegas 2
3rd period (1:22 remaining): After blocking a shot, Lupe Hintz collected himself and fired the puck down the ice from the Stars' blue line, adding to the empty-net goal.
3rd period (10:05 remaining): The score remained unchanged through the first half of the third period, with Jake Oettinger holding Las Vegas to 24-of-26 shots thus far.
It's a long 10 minutes to Dallas.
End of 2nd period – Dallas 3, Vegas 2
Once again, the Stars scored just before the break, but it was another strange shot.
Dallas' third goal of the night came off a Craig Smith shot that bounced off Ty Dellandrea and into the Las Vegas net. The Stars held a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.
Dallas 2, Vegas 2
2nd period (10:15 remaining): The kid will do it again.
Wyatt Johnston scored a goal midway through the second period to tie Game 4 at two goals apiece. This was his third goal in two games.
Vegas 2, Dallas 1
2nd period (16:51 remaining): Las Vegas took the lead again with a goal from Jack Eichel, making it 2-1.
End of 1st period – Dallas 1, Vegas 1
The Stars tied the game with a sharp-angled goal from Evgeny Dadonov in the final minute. The puck appeared to bounce off the back of Las Vegas goaltender Logan Thompson's mask and bounced into the net.
It was a big goal for Dallas to quiet the raucous Las Vegas crowd and gain momentum as the game headed into the first intermission tied at one point.
Vegas 1, Dallas 0
1st period (5:35 remaining): Vegas strikes first. Michael Amadio beat Jake Oettinger with the rebound to give the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead.
1st period (10:00 remaining): Similarly, the Knights killed off the Stars' first power play of the game. The score remains 0-0.
1st period (15:20 remaining): The Stars were called for an early penalty, but Dallas survived the first Vegas power play of the night. As you may recall from Game 1, Dallas scored an early power play goal and was up 1-0. That hasn't been the case in Game 4 so far.
Pre-match update
8:26pm: Expected star lines:
robertson hints johnston
Ben Duchesne Stankoven
Dadonov Segin Pavelsky
Dellandrea Steel Smith
Harley Heiskanen
Lindel Tanev
Suter Lundqvist
ettinger
8:24pm: Stars defenseman Chris Tanev took the puck in the face during warmups, briefly leaving the ice and heading down the Stars' tunnel.
However, the crisis appears to have been averted. Tanev returned to warm up a little later.
pre-game reading
— The Dallas Stars have been the NHL's best road team all year.Now their season depends on it
— Mason Marchment, Radek Faksa calls game time for Game 3 vs. Golden Knights
— What happened to the fun, high-scoring star players?Dallas needs a playoff miracle right now.
— Star rookie Mavrik Burg ready to make an impact with latest call-up: 'I know what I can do'
— In a series with “razor margins,” where can the Stars build distance with Las Vegas?
— Dallas Stars' Matt Duchene on series against Las Vegas: “We could easily win 2-0.”
