Instead, the pass caromed off the end boards, off the side of the net and straight to Stars forward Joe Pavelski. Reilly Smith missed his pass in the neutral zone, then Alex Pietrangelo attempted to reset the play by shoveling the puck back behind his own net to Alec Martinez. The play began less than 30 seconds into overtime, when Vegas mishandled the puck several times in its own end. He provided some in the opening seconds of overtime, and in all six games he’s played since taking over Vegas’ crease in the second round of the playoffs after an injury to Laurent Brossoit. Because the save came moments before the goal, without a whistle in between, a replay was never even shown on the broadcast. Without Adin Hill’s sensational save on Stars’ rookie Wyatt Johnston, Stephenson’s game winner never would have happened. It was Vegas’ second such moment in less than 48 hours, and its timing overshadowed an equally important play that happened on the opposite side of the rink just 44 seconds earlier. Nothing beats the emotion of an overtime winner deep in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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