2014 Stanley Cup playoffs vs Anaheim Ducks
The Ducks erased a 4–2 deficit in game six to end the Stars' 2014 return.
The Dallas Stars returned to the playoffs in 2014 for the first time in six years and met the Anaheim Ducks in the first round of the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs. Anaheim, the Pacific Division champions, won the series four games to two.
Quick Facts
- Round
- Western Conference first round
- Result
- Anaheim won 4–2
- Stars
- Second wild card, 91 points
- Ducks
- Pacific Division champions, 116 points
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Background
Dallas entered as the Western Conference's second wild card with 91 points; the Ducks had 116. Anaheim won the first two games at home, 4–3 and 3–2, each time holding off a Stars comeback. In Dallas, Kari Lehtonen stopped all 37 Anaheim shots in a 3–0 win, his first playoff victory, and the Stars evened the series with a 4–2 win in game four. The Ducks won game five 6–2. In game six in Dallas the Stars led 4–2, but Nick Bonino scored with 2:10 left in regulation and Devante Smith-Pelly with 24 seconds left, both with the goalie pulled, and Bonino won it 5–4 at 2:47 of overtime.
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