Mavrik Bourque put the Stars ahead 1-0 just 55 seconds into the first period. Lankinen stopped Bourque on a 2-on-1 but slid past his left post and the puck was poked loose behind the net to Justin Hryckowian. He passed out to Bourque, who had circled behind the net, on the other side for an easy goal into the empty net before Lankinen could get back in his net.
“If you stick around the net, good things happen,” Bourque said.
Linus Karlsson tied it 1-1 at 3:06, skating onto a neutral zone turnover and down the left side before firing a wrist shot through Oettinger from inside the left face-off dot.
Robertson restored the Dallas lead with a spin-and-shoot off the cycle from the right face-off dot over the left shoulder of Lankinen to make it 2-1 at 7:44.
“He’s also working extremely hard out there to make the right plays and put himself in good situations, so we’re glad he’s on our side,” Blackwell said.
Pettersson tied it 2-2 on the power play at 14:25 by knocking in a rebound during a scramble in tight that started with him driving the puck to the net from the goal line.
It was the first power play goal against the Stars in six games, ending a run of 11 straight kills, but Dallas successful killed off a 5-on-3 for 1:20 early in the second period to keep it tied, with Oettinger making his best save on a cross-crease chance for Jake DeBrusk in tight.
“Games like this, tight, special teams could win us the game,” Pettersson said. “Now we got one on the power play, but when we get a long 5-on-3, we need to get a goal.”
