Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin (91) and goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) celebrate on the ice after the Stars defeat the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the American Airlines Center. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Stars finally win at home, take series lead over Golden Knights

By Paul Harris | Last updated 5/1/24

Finally, a home team won a game in this series.

The Dallas Stars went up 3-2 on the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference first-round playoff series, thanks to the Stars' 3-2 victory in Game 5 on Wednesday night at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The visitors won the first four games in the series.

Game 6 is Friday in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena.

When a Stanley Cup playoff series are tied, the Game 5 winner takes the series 79% of the time.

Jason Robertson's power-play goal was the game winner, breaking a 2-2 tie with 3:28 left in the second period.

Jason Robertson goes top shelf with his own rebound pic.twitter.com/QnRBpg3xvZ
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 2, 2024

One of Stars goalie Jake Oettinger's 25 saves was stopping Chandler Stephenson on a breakaway with around 2:40 left.

PhenomenOtter saved the game pic.twitter.com/FD7eMwQUwU
— z - Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) May 2, 2024

Evgenii Dadonov and Matt Duchene also scored and Wyatt Johnston had two assists for Dallas.

Mark Stone and William Carrier supplied the offense for Vegas and Aidan Hill made 22 saves. Hill replaced Logan Thompson, who started the first four games of the series.

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