Thomas Harley scored a power-play goal 1:33 into overtime to lift the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 win against the visiting Winnipeg Jets in Game 6 of their second-round series on Saturday night, advancing them to the Western Conference finals for the third straight season.
Harley received a pass just above the right hash marks and scored with a one-timer. Dallas will face Edmonton in a rematch of the 2024 conference finals won by the Oilers.
Sam Steel also scored and Jake Oettinger made 22 saves for the Stars, who bounced back from a 4-0 loss at Winnipeg in Game 5 on Thursday in the best-of-seven series.
Mark Scheifele scored hours after learning his father died, and Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves for the Jets, the Presidents’ Trophy winner during the regular season who were trying to reach the conference finals for the first time since 2018.
Oettinger stopped Nikolaj Ehlers on a breakaway at 5:13 of the second period, but the Jets got the puck back and Scheifele scored 15 seconds later during a delayed penalty — the only penalty called through the first two periods.
Kyle Connor’s wrist shot was saved by Oettinger, but the rebound came in front of the crease and Scheifele was there to push it between Oettinger’s pads for his fifth goal of the postseason.
Scheifele, 32, learned on Saturday morning that his 68-year-old father, Brad, had died suddenly the night before, but Scheifele opted to play.
Scheifele came into Game 6 second on the team in playoff points with four goals and six assists after notching 39 goals and a career-best 87 points during the regular season.
Dallas tied it 1-1 at 11:12 of the second when Harley took a shot from above the right circle and along the wall that Hellebuyck saved, but the rebound shot out to the top of the right circle and Steel was there to score with a one-timer into the top right corner.
Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey had to be helped to the locker room late in the second period with a lower body injury and he did not return.
Scheifele committed a tripping penalty with 15 seconds left in third period on Steel at the start of a potential breakaway, resulting in the first power play of the game for either team.
The penalty carried into overtime, where Harley scored with 12 seconds left on the man advantage.
