'A game of mistakes': Stars stumble in loss, face 2-0 deficit - ESPN

LAS VEGAS — It wasn't like the Dallas Stars didn't address why they lost a second straight overtime game to the Vegas Golden Knights.

If anything? There was more of a conversation around the circumstances of the game-tying goal in their 3-2 overtime loss Sunday in Game 2 of the Western Conference final that sent the Stars to their first 0-2 series hole of these playoffs.

Stars defenseman Ryan Suter had possession behind the net only for Golden Knights center Jack Eichel to come from behind and steal possession. Eichel played a give-and-go pass up the wall to Ivan Barbashev before Eichel shoveled a no-look, backhanded pass to Jonathan Marchessault, who beat Suter in coverage, in the low slot for a shot he lifted above Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger's glove for a 2-2 tie with 2:22 left in the third.

Marchessault's goal sent the game to overtime where Stars forward Wyatt Johnston nearly scored the game-winner 30 seconds into the frame before Chandler Stephenson grabbed the game-winning goal.

The Stars cleared the puck out of their defensive zone but were caught in the midst of a line change that gave the Golden Knights a 4-on-3 advantage. From there, Mark Stone passed it to Shea Theodore, who fired a shot on net that Oettinger initially saved before Stephenson collected the rebound for the game-winner.

«Definitely in the overtime for sure. Poor line change,» Stars coach Pete DeBoer said when asked about the smoothness in his team's line changes in the series. «It's a game of mistakes. They make a mistake, leave Johnston wide open in front of the net in overtime, too. It's just they stuck it in.»

Both DeBoer and Suter spoke about what went wrong on Marchessault's goal that allowed the Golden Knights to get back into the