Dallas Stars win 4-2 against Calgary Flames to force playoff series to 7th game
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Defenceman Miro Heiskanen's goal late in the second period stood up as the game-winner for the Stars.
The Dallas Stars doubled the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Friday to even up their playoff series and force a Game 7.
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Defenceman Miro Heiskanen’s goal late in the second period stood up as the game-winner for the Stars, who will try to close out the conference quarterfinal on the road Sunday in Calgary.
Roope Hintz and Michael Raffl also scored for Dallas with Tyler Seguin adding an empty-net goal.
Stars goalie Jake Oettinger and Flames counterpart Jacob Markstrom both had 36 saves in front of a sellout of 18,532 at American Airlines Center.
Michael Stone had a goal and an assist and Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary.
Teams tying a series 3-3 to force a Game 7 own an all-time series record of 88-96, according to NHL statisticians.
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