2023 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND SCHEDULE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. DALLAS STARS
Game 1: Friday, May 19, 5:30 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN, ESPN+)
Game 2: Sunday, May 21, 12 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena (ABC, ESPN+)
Game 3: Tuesday, May 23, 5 p.m. PT at American Airlines Center (ESPN, ESPN+)
Game 4: Thursday, May 25, 5 p.m. PT at American Airlines Center (ESPN, ESPN+)
\Game 5: Saturday, May 27, 5 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena (ABC, ESPN+)
\Game 6: Monday, May 29, 5 p.m. PT at American Airlines Center (ESPN, ESPN+)
\Game 7: Wednesday, May 31, 6 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN, ESPN+)
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The Golden Knights finished the regular season as Pacific Division Champions and atop the Western Conference with a 51-22-9 record and 111 points. The Dallas Stars finished in third place in the Central Division with a 47-21-14 record and 108 points. The last time Vegas and Dallas met in the postseason was in the 2020 Western Conference Final. The Stars won the series, 4-1. The Golden Knights went 0-1-2 against the Stars during the regular season and are 8-3-3 against Dallas all-time.
On Jan. 16, the Stars handed Vegas their first and only shutout of the season - a 4-0 loss at T-Mobile Arena. Jamie Benn opened the scoring for Dallas in the first period. The Stars then scored three more unanswered goals from Joel Kiviranta in the second and Ryan Suter and Tyler Seguin in the third period. Jake Oettinger stopped all 27 shots he faced.
The Golden Knights fell 3-2 to the Stars in a shootout on Feb. 25 at T-Mobile Arena. After a scoreless first period, Michael Amadio put Vegas on the board in the middle frame. Wyatt Johnston then tied things up 1-1 two minutes later. In the third period, Jack Eichel put the Golden Knights ahead, 2-1. Then, with less than one minute remaining in the third, Roope Hintz tied the game for Dallas at 2-2 to send it to overtime. Hintz went on to score the shootout winner for the Stars. Oettinger stopped 41 of 43 shots faced.
The final meeting between both teams was on April 8 at American Airlines Center, in which Vegas was defeated 2-1 in another shootout loss. Brett Howden scored fourteen minutes into the first period, putting the Golden Knights up 1-0. Kiviranta then tied the game for Dallas thirteen minutes into the second. After a scoreless third period and overtime, Hintz scored the only goal in the shootout, securing the 2-1 win for the Stars. Oettinger saved 19 out of 20 shots faced.
