Point, Shattenkirk among top performers for Lightning in Cup Final Game 4

Who played well in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final? Sometimes it's easy to tell, sometimes it isn't. NHL.com graded the players in the 5-4 overtime win by the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Dallas Stars at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Friday. The Lightning lead the best-of-7 series 3-1. Here are the players and trends that stood out the most:

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Honor roll

Brayden Point (Lightning) -- Point scored twice, has four goals in his past three games, and leads the postseason with 13. On his first goal, Point took a pass from Ondrej Palat, brought the puck back and forth on his stick before beating goalie Anton Khudobin with a backhand with 33 seconds remaining in the first period to get Tampa Bay within 2-1. On his second goal, which came on Tampa Bay's second power play, Point deftly redirected the puck after a pass from Alex Killorn was deflected by Stars defenseman Andrej Sekera.

Kevin Shattenkirk (Lightning) -- The defenseman saved the best for last, scoring a power-play goal 6:34 into overtime. Shattenkirk has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past three games and is one game from winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in his 10 NHL seasons.

John Klingberg (Stars) -- The defenseman made it 1-0 at 7:17 of the first period. Klingberg's first shot attempt went off Lightning defenseman Jan Rutta's right leg, but he recovered the puck and scored on the first shot of the game for Dallas. Klingberg has scored 20 points (four goals, 16 assists) in 24 postseason games. He and Miro Heiskanen, who has scored 25 points (six goals, 19 assists) in 25 games, are the second set of defensemen on the same team to each score at least 20 points in the same postseason. Paul Coffey and Charlie Huddy did it for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1985 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Coffey scored 37 points (12 goals, 25 assists) in 18 games, and Huddy scored 20 points (three goals, 17 assists) in 18 games.

Joe Pavelski (Stars) -- Pavelski played most of Game 4 on the top line with Jamie Benn and Alexander Radulov and scored twice. He gave the Stars a 2-0 lead 18:28 into the first period and tied the game 4-4 at 11:35 of the third when his pass went off Shattenkirk. The 36-year-old center has 12 goals, most for a player 36 years or older in a postseason (Maurice Richard had 11 goals at age 36 for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1958 Cup Final). Pavelski has 60 postseason goals, tied with Joe Mullen for most among United States-born players.

Nikita Kucherov (Lightning) -- The forward had two assists, each on a power-play goal. His first led to Point's goal 2:08 into the second period that tied the game 2-2, and he set up Yanni Gourde with 1:06 remaining in the second to make it 3-3. Kucherov has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past three games and leads postseason with 32 points (seven goals, 25 assists) in 23 games.

Stock watch

Passing game (up) -- This goes for the Lightning and Stars. Benn made a great pass on Pavelski's first goal, reaching around Rutta near the left boards to hit Pavelski in stride. Palat's pass on Point's first goal was another beauty. He turned at the red line on the left and sent a cross-ice pass to Point, who had a step on Stars forward Jason Dickinson. Stars forward Tyler Seguin won a battle with Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, and his pass toward the net ricocheted off Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy's skate and to Stars forward Corey Perry, who scored.
Tyler Seguin (up) -- He's still looking for his first goal since Aug. 26 (against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 of the Western Conference Second Round) but the Stars forward was getting to the net more and had two assists. He also won 16 of 23 face-offs (69.5 percent).
Mikhail Sergachev (up) -- The Lightning defenseman had two assists, his first points since he had a goal and an assist against the New York Islanders in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final on Sept. 11.
Miro Heiskanen (down) -- It was a tough night for the Stars defenseman, who had five giveaways. He had one shot on goal; four other attempts were blocked.
Lightning power play (up) -- It's hard to believe they were a combined 0-for-14 on the power play in their final three games against the Islanders and Game 1 of the Cup Final against the Stars. The Lightning were 3-for-4 on the power play in Game 4 and are 6-for-12 in their past three games.
Roope Hintz (down) -- The Stars forward has taken some physical punishment this postseason and didn't return from his latest injury in Game 4. Hintz left in the second period after Lightning forward Tyler Johnson's stick got caught under his skate. Hintz fell backward and went shoulder-first into the boards. He also missed the final 4:59 of Game 1 after blocking a shot from Sergachev off his right leg. Hintz also took a shot to his right arm from Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore in the third period of Game 2 of the Western Conference Final. Hintz returned to finish that game.

What we learned

The Lightning keep coming
It didn't matter that they were down 2-0 late in the first period. They tied the game 2-2 barely two minutes into the second. They were down 3-2 for 10:28 before they tied the game 3-3. The Lightning are getting production throughout their lineup and it has them one step closer to their first Stanley Cup championship since 2004.
Stars must find a way
The Stars are injured (goalie Ben Bishop, defenseman Stephen Johns and forwards Radek Faksa and Blake Comeau were unfit to play for Game 4 and the status of Hintz for Game 5 is uncertain). They threw everything at the Lightning on Friday and lost. If there's any fatigue going into the second half of this back-to-back on Saturday, they're going to have to get past it quickly.