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The Dallas Stars scrapped and clawed until they were finally able to outlast the the defending champs. Wyatt Johnson scored his second goal of the game with 3:37 remaining in overtime, and the Dallas Stars defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 3 of the Western Conference First Round at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.

“I loved the first period. I think we did some really good things,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “Executed at a high, high level and had great desperation to our game. Our game’s building, you know, Game 2 was better than Game 1. Game 3 was better than Game 2. So that’s a great sign for me on our group.”

 Logan Thompson was attacked almost more than both game 1 and 2 combined. His stellar play keep the Golden Knights in the game despite giving up two unanswered goals. Thompson finished with with 46 shots, with Thompson stopping 43 of them.

“They had a level of urgency that we weren’t able to match. Sometimes that happens,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “At some point you’ve got to get to your game. It just took us too long. Now, having said that, we weather it because of Logan.

“He gave us every chance to get back in the game, and we did so once it was 2-2, then it was a little bit different, but they executed better than we did. You see it in overtime. They had more jump, more urgency. We didn’t have that level we needed tonight to win a playoff hockey game.”

“We knew the situation coming into Vegas,” said Stars center Tyler Seguin, who finished with an assist, “We know these guys are the champs from last year, and we know how good they are on home ice. we knew we had to come in here, we had to steal one no matter. Now, we want to steal two.”

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