Pavelski scores again as Stars beat Kraken in Game 2 to tie series

Joe Pavelski scored his fifth goal in two games since returning from concussion protocol with an assist from Wyatt Johnston, his 19-year-old rookie housemate who also scored a goal, and the Dallas Stars beat the visiting Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Thursday night to tie the second-round series at a game each.

Evgenii Dadonov added a nifty wraparound goal and Tyler Seguin scored for the Stars, who like in their first-round series against Minnesota bounced back from an overtime loss at home in the opener to get even before hitting the road.

Game 3 is Sunday night in Seattle.

Johnston, who has lived with Pavelski's family this season, set up his mentor's power-play goal when he initially whiffed at the puck before whipping around and sending it into the laid-out stick of goaltender Philipp Grubauer. Pavelski was there for the rebound and put the Stars up 3-1 with 3:03 left in the middle period.

Another day, another hot play from Joe Pavelski (<a href="https://twitter.com/jpav8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jpav8</a>).