Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars defeated the Seattle Kraken 6-3 Tuesday night in Game 4 to tie the Western Conference semifinal series. .

After a close pair of games in Dallas to open the series, Games 3 and 4 in Seattle were blowouts. The Kraken cruised to a 7-2 victory in Game 3 and the Stars responded with their best performance of the series in a dominating Game 4 win. Game 5 is Thursday night in Dallas.

Pavelski scored four goals in the series opener, added a fifth in Game 2 and gave the Stars a 4-0 lead midway through the second period of Game 4.

Pavelski’s goal came on a power play after Seattle and defied goaltender interference on Max Domi’s second goal of the playoffs that gave Dallas a 3-0 lead. The challenge failed, and Pavelski made Seattle pay for the ensuing power play.

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Roope Hintz #24 of the Dallas Stars celebrates his goal during the second period against the Seattle Kraken in game four of the second round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs at Climate Pledge Arena on May 9, 2023 in Seattle, Washington . (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Pavelski’s goal was his 70th career playoff goal, tying him with Steve Yzerman for 19th. The only active players with more playoff goals are Alex Ovechkin (72) and Sidney Crosby (71).

Jamie Benn scored late in the first period to give Dallas the early lead, just his third goal in their last 23 playoff games, and defenseman Thomas Harley made it 2-0 early in the second period. Harley had a career goal from him in 40 regular season games, but he beat goaltender Philipp Grubauer on the side of the stick.

Roope Hintz capped Dallas’ great start to the second period with his sixth of the playoffs at 19:07 of the period.

Seattle’s Jaden Schwartz scored late in the second period to cut the score to 4-1 and added a second goal early in the third period. Adam Larsson scored with 4:11 remaining to bring Seattle within 5-3 after Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made several key saves earlier in the third quarter.

Domi scored an empty net goal with 2:21 remaining for the Stars.

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Mason Marchment #27 of the Dallas Stars celebrates his goal during the second period against the Seattle Kraken in game three of the second round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs at Climate Pledge Arena on May 7, 2023 in Seattle, Washington . (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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Oettinger, who was pulled after allowing five goals on 17 shots in Game 3, had a quiet first two periods before some key stops in the third, and finished with 16 saves.

Meanwhile, Grubauer was peppered with opportunities from Dallas early on and the Stars’ damage could have been a lot worse. Grubauer finished with 17 saves on 22 shots and was replaced by Martin Jones in the third quarter.

WELCOME BACK

Dallas got a boost with the return of top defenseman Miro Heiskanen after he left early in the second period of Game 3 when a puck struck him in the face and left a significant cut on his left cheek. Heiskanen had two assists.

Seattle didn’t get the same boost with the return of Jared McCann after he missed the previous six playoff games due to injury. McCann was hurt on a late punch by Colorado’s Cale Makar early in Game 4 of the opening round series.

McCann played 13:11.

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Thomas Harley #55 of the Dallas Stars celebrates his goal with Tyler Seguin #91 and Max Domi #18 against the Seattle Kraken during the second period in game four of the second round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs at Climate Pledge Arena on May 9, 2020. 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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INJURIES

Dallas’ Mason Marchment was rocked for a hit in the first period and played just three at-bats. The Stars also lost defenseman Jani Hakanpää and forward Ty Dellandrea. Hakanpää was out with a lower body injury, while Dellandrea was ill and did not participate in the morning skate. Seattle was without Daniel Sprong (upper body) after he went down with an injury midway through the second period of Game 3. Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said Sprong was day-to-day.