Sixteen seconds after Dallas finally tied Winnipeg, Tyler Myers put the Stars back on the penalty kill. His puck-over-glass penalty at 18:16 of the third period gave the Jets a chance to undo Hintz’s equalizer almost before Dallas could enjoy being level.
Winnipeg had five skaters against four for the rest of regulation, then four against three for the first sixteen seconds of overtime. It did not score. Dallas eventually won 3-2 on Hintz’s goal at 3:47 of the extra period, with the latest penalty kill having preserved the chance to finish a comeback.
Myers’ mistake was damaging because of its timing, not merely because it added another entry to the penalty ledger. The Stars had converted a late six-on-five chance into a 2-2 tie. Winnipeg then had an opportunity to restore its lead before regulation ended and began overtime with the man advantage still active.
The Jets failed to convert, and the penalty expired before Dallas finished the job in the extra period. The kill did not erase the risk; it kept that risk from becoming the result.
This was the fourth Winnipeg power play Dallas had to handle. Myers had taken a high-sticking penalty at 1:52 of the first period, Sam Steel was called for hooking at 18:10 of that period, and Tyler Seguin took a tripping penalty at 7:38 of the third.
Winnipeg finished 0-for-4 with the power play, including eight total minutes of advantage time and the 16 seconds of four-on-three hockey created by Myers’ late infraction.
The earlier kills mattered because Dallas had already allowed discipline to become part of the game’s architecture. The Stars held a 38-19 edge in shots and won 40 of 65 faceoffs, but Winnipeg still turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead with goals at 10:50 and 12:38 of the second period.
Those goals arrived 1:48 apart, a brief stretch that made Dallas’ broader control much less comfortable.
Dallas’ own power play offered no answer. The Stars went 0-for-2 with the formal man advantage. Their two regulation goals came in different six-on-five circumstances: Wyatt Johnston scored at 1:17 of the second during a delayed Winnipeg penalty, with six Dallas skaters on the ice, and Hintz tied the game at 18:00 of the third after Dallas pulled its goalie.
The first goal gave Dallas the lead; only the second erased a deficit. Neither was a power-play goal.
The late call was the most uncomfortable of the four because Dallas had just spent its extra-attacker opportunity to get level. Taking a penalty immediately afterward forced the team to defend the tie under different numerical conditions. A successful kill is valuable. Needing it moments after the equalizer is an expensive way to discover that value.
