The Dallas Stars beat Vegas Golden Knights in overtime in the fifth game of the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff semi-finals. The meeting ended with the score 3: 2. The team made it to the Stanley Cup final for the first time since 2000.
The winning goal was scored by Russian striker Denis Guryanov. Jamie Benn (50) and Yoel Kiviranta (57) also scored for Dallas. Chandler Stevenson (8) and Reilly Smith (41) scored goals from the opposition.
It is noteworthy that one of three Russian goalkeepers will be the third in history to win the Stanley Cup. In Dallas, which reached the final, Anton Khudobin defends the goal. The second finalist will be determined after the Tampa-Islanders match. And here and there the Russians are goalkeepers – Andrey Vasilevsky and Semyon Varlamov. Prior to this, the Stanley Cup was won by Nikolai Khabibulin (2004, Tampa) and Ilya Bryzgalov (2007, Anaheim).
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