National Hockey League
Dallas 4, St. Louis 2
When: 9:30 PM ET, Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Referees: Wes McCauley, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 18790

Mats Zuccarello, Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov each collected a pair of assists as the host Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Wednesday night and evened their Western Conference semifinal series at two wins apiece.

Four different players scored goals for Dallas, which got 27 saves from Ben Bishop.

Game 5 of the best-of-seven series will be Friday in St. Louis.

With his team trailing 1-0, Jason Dickinson put the Stars on the board with an on-the-spot tally at 11:23 of the first period. A point shot went wide, but Seguin whacked at the loose puck, and it came to a wide-open Dickinson to bury for his third goal of the playoffs.

Jason Spezza scored the go-ahead goal on the power play with 52 seconds remaining in the opening frame when he fired a rocket of a slap shot from the top of the right circle.

Blues goalie Jordan Binnington made a series of big saves early in the second period, but his team's loose play finally proved costly when John Klingberg scored the eventual game-winning goal just before the midway point. After yet another St. Louis neutral-zone turnover, the Stars rushed up the ice, and Klingberg ripped a top-corner shot after taking a cross-ice pass from Seguin.

The hosts didn't let up, and rookie Roope Hintz made it a 4-1 affair late in the second period with his fifth goal of the playoffs. Hintz joined a three-on-two rush and finished a perfectly executed rush with his wrist shot.

Vladimir Tarasenko opened the scoring, putting the Blues ahead 1-0 five minutes into the clash, and Robert Thomas rounded out the offense by scoring his first NHL playoff goal with 6:16 left in the third period.

Binnington stopped 27 shots for the Blues, who lost on the road for the first time in the playoffs.

Binnington also took a pair of penalties at the end of the second period, a roughing call against Jamie Benn and a slashing infraction on Bishop as they headed to their respective benches. The blood was boiling after David Perron earlier slashed Bishop on the back as the Dallas goalie was behind his net playing the puck.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
St. Louis   Dallas
Ryan O'Reilly 2 Points Alexander Radulov 2
Vladimir Tarasenko 1 Goals Jason Dickinson 1
Ryan O'Reilly 2 Assists Alexander Radulov 2
Vladimir Tarasenko 1 Power Play Goals Jason Spezza 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jordan Binnington .871 Save Percentage Ben Bishop .931
Jordan Binnington 27 Saves Ben Bishop 27
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
St. Louis 29 2 1-3 1-2 6 24
Dallas 31 4 1-2 2-3 8 35
Upcoming Games
  • Dallas will play their next game on the road against St. Louis. The Stars have a W/L % of .476 after a win and .575 after a loss.
  • St. Louis will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Blues have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .605 after a loss.