Russian forward Yevgeny Dadonov’s puck helped the Dallas Stars equalize against Seattle Cracken in the National Hockey League (NHL) second-round playoff series.
The match played in Dallas ended with the home team’s superiority of 4:2.
Dadonov scored the goal in the 30th minute of the match. This is his fourth playoff goal this season. Apart from that, Wyatt Johnston, Joe Pavelski and Tyler Seguin also scored goals in Dallas.
Seattle’s goals were scored by Ty Cartier and Jordan Eberle.
The score is even after two games of the NHL Western Conference semifinals – 1: The third game of the Series 1 will be played on May 8 in Seattle, kicking off at 4:30 Moscow time.
In the first round, the Dallas Stars eliminated the Minnesota Wild from the Stanley Cup (4-2).
Dadonov moved to Dallas in February in a trade from the Montreal Canadiens. Another Russian striker, Denis Guryanov, followed in the opposite direction.
Dadonov played for the Vegas Golden Knights last season. Also, Florida Panthers and St. Petersburg is known for playing for SKA.
Vladislav Tretiak, Former President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RHF) saidthat the organization does not plan to hold matches with the participation of Russian players of the National Hockey League.