Jake Oettinger makes 29 saves, lift Stars over Flames

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Jake Oettinger made 29 saves and got his first postseason shutout in his second career playoff start to lift the Dallas Stars over the Calgary Flames 2-0 on Thursday night to even their first-round series at a game each.

Joe Pavelski scored and Michael Raffl added an empty-net goal for the Stars.

The best-of-seven conference quarterfinal series heads to Dallas for Saturday’s Game 3 and Monday’s Game 4 at American Airlines Arena. The Flames opened the series with a 1-0 win Tuesday.

Calgary’s Jacob Markstrom stopped 21 of 22 shots.

"The only thing that matters is wins," Oettinger said. "They have a great goalie on the other end and we know it’s going to be tight, so the margin for error for me is very slim."

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Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger, left, kicks the puck away from Calgary Flames left wing Milan Lucic, center, as Flames' Miro Heiskanen defends during the second period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Calgary, Alberta, Thursday, May 5, 2022.  (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

The Flames outshot the Stars 12-7 in the third period. Raffl scored into an empty net with 1:09 remaining.

"Our goal was to go into Dallas and win two games anyway, so it doesn’t really change our mindset," Flames forward Tyler Toffoli said.

Outplayed in the opening period, Calgary generated more scoring chances for an 11-7 edge in shots in the second. The Flames were denied by Oettinger, however, and didn’t get their sticks on the few rebounds the goaltender allowed.

"They’re a good defensive team. I thought we had plenty of scoring chances tonight," Flames forward