Seguin's shootout goal sends Stars past Avalanche
DALLAS -- Tyler Seguin scored the only goal in the shootout and the Dallas Stars defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Saturday night at American Airlines Center.
Kari Lehtonen was perfect in the shootout and stopped Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen to seal the win in Dallas' season finale.
The Stars (34-37-11) appeared to have won the game with 1:08 remaining in overtime when John Klingberg scored on a wrist shot, but Colorado challenged for offside and the goal was overturned.
The Avalanche will close out season at the St. Louis Blues on Sunday. They have the NHL's worst record at 22-55-4.
Devin Shore gave Dallas a 1-0 lead at 13:40 of the first period. Greg Pateryn took an initial shot that was deflected by Cody Eakin, snuck through goaltender Jeremy Smith, and the puck sat in the crease before Shore crashed the net and scored his 13th goal of the season.
Shore nearly doubled the Stars' lead with 2:25 remaining in the period. However, Smith was able to make a sprawling save on the goal line and after a brief review it was confirmed that the puck never crossed the line.
Jamie Benn pushed the lead to 2-0 37 seconds into the second period on the power play. John Klingberg and Tyler Seguin had the assists as Benn finished the season with 26 goals.
Rantanen scored to cut the Dallas lead to 2-1 at 17:35 of the second period when he deflected Tyson Barrie's point shot past Kari Lehtonen.
Gabriel Landeskog tied the score at 2 on a deflection at 5:37 of third period. Francois Beauchemin took the initial shot while Landeskog set up position in front of the net.
MacKinnon gave Colorado a 3-2 lead at 8:24 of the third period on the power play.
Seguin tied the score at 13:44 of the third period when he deflected Esa Lindell's point shot for his 26th goal of the season.
Smith made 42 saves for Colorado. Lehtonen had 21 for Dallas.
NOTES: Denis Gurianov made his NHL debut for Dallas, skating on a line with Gemel Smith and Mark McNeill. Gurianov was the 12th overall pick in the 2015 NHL entry draft and helped Russia win the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in January. ... Mikko Rantanen was back in the lineup for Colorado after missing back-to-back games with a lower-body injury. ... G Calvin Pickard will start for the Avalanche on Sunday in the season finale against the St. Louis Blues.