National Hockey League
Vegas 3, Dallas 0
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Where: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Jean Hebert
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Steve Barton
Attendance: N/A

Robin Lehner made 24 saves for his fourth shutout of the playoffs, and the Vegas Golden Knights cruised to a 3-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night in Edmonton to even the Western Conference finals at one win apiece.

Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist, and William Karlsson and Tomas Nosek also scored for Vegas.

Game 3 is Thursday night.

Lehner, who tied an NHL playoff-series record with three shutouts in the second round against Vancouver, had yielded the net to Marc-Andre Fleury in a 1-0 loss in Game 1 after blanking the Canucks 3-0 in Game 7 on Friday. He posted his seventh career postseason shutout.

Anton Khudobin, coming off his first career playoff shutout in Game 1, recorded 24 saves for Dallas before giving way to Jake Oettinger, who made his NHL debut at the start of the third period and stopped all five shots he faced.

The 21-year-old Oettinger, the 26th overall pick of the 2017 NHL Draft, became the first goaltender in 55 years to make his NHL debut in the round just ahead of the Stanley Cup Final.

Vegas, shut out in two of its three previous games, finally broke through offensively in the second period, scoring three goals in less than 10 minutes.

A wide-open Stastny, stationed near the left post, made it 1-0 with his third goal of the playoffs at the 4:53 mark, tapping Max Pacioretty's crossing pass in from the bottom of the right circle.

Karlsson made it 2-0 just 3:31 later with a power-play goal, firing a wrist shot from the top of the left circle through Khudobin's pads for his fourth goal of the playoffs.

Vegas appeared to make it 3-0 just 85 seconds later when Shea Theodore snapped a shot past Khudobin on a power play. However, the goal was wiped off after Dallas successfully challenged that Pacioretty had interfered with Khudobin in the blue ice.

Less than five minutes later, the Golden Knights did increase their lead to 3-0 when Nosek finished a three-on-one rush by burying Chandler Stephenson's pass with a shot inside the right post and past Khudobin's glove side at 14:32.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Dallas   Vegas
N/A Points Paul Stastny 2
N/A Goals Paul Stastny 1
N/A Assists Paul Stastny 1
N/A Power Play Goals William Karlsson 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jake Oettinger 1.000 Save Percentage Robin Lehner 1.000
Anton Khudobin 24 Saves Robin Lehner 24
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Dallas 24 0 0-2 5-6 14 19
Vegas 32 3 1-6 2-2 4 30
Upcoming Games
  • Vegas will play their next game on the road against Dallas. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .564 after a win and .531 after a loss.
  • Dallas will play their next game at home against Vegas. The Stars have a W/L % of .605 after a win and .452 after a loss.