Dallas Stars: The stars played with the goal of tipping the scales of the blues in Game 4: "It's now a three-game series"

The doors could have been closed on American Airlines Center. Wednesday could have been the last home game of the season for the Stars. They found themselves in the second round against the Blues and could have been eliminated in their next game by a defeat.

Instead, the Stars renewed their lease in Victory Park until Sunday at least with a dominant 4-2 win over the Blues on Wednesday night in the fourth game. in St. Louis and the sixth game in Dallas on Sunday.

"Human nature makes it easier to have desperation or to have more desire and passion when one is behind," said Stars coach Jim Montgomery.

Dallas scored four unanswered goals after Vladimir Tarasenko 's power play goal in the first period, taking a game that they rarely lost control of. Jason Dickinson, Jason Spezza, John Klingberg and Roope Hintz all scored for the Stars while Ben Bishop made 27 saves.

Wednesday night, in almost every aspect of the game, the Stars were better.

"You really have to work hard, really," said Stars captain Jamie Benn. "As I said, you play hard and you play in a good way and we are going to get a good result, we did not go into the third game and we were looking forward to today. it's a big win for us. "

"I thought that in the first game of the series, we exceeded them, they had more effort," Montgomery said. "I thought it had changed, they were over-executed, we had more efforts.Now we had two games in which they were the best team 5 against 5 and I thought that tonight we changed. "

Stars were more physical in dirty areas.

In his first quarter, Tyler Pitlick flattened Pat Maroon in a neutral zone. Alexander Radulov fought a way through the bodies to hit a puck in Spezza for a shot hit. Tyler Seguin and Dickinson blocked a puck at the front of the net and then at the back. Jamie Benn hit Alex Pietrangelo, then pushed him back, recalling that last year, Benn was sitting on Pietrangelo after a hit. While limiting the chances of the Blues from the slot in the offensive zone.

They were more dangerous of the race.

Radek Faksa made a breakaway in the second half, but Miro Heiskanen was cleared by Jordan Binnington. Klingberg's goal was achieved while he was entering the split in transition after a Blues turn-over in neutral zone. Jamie Benn passed a pass to Hintz to end a strange race.

They were slightly better in the special teams.

The second power play unit again played when Spezza scored. And the punishment of the Stars was 2 against 3 in the night.

They were more composed.

The Blues showed cracks at the end of the second period, when Binnington was called for two penalties after the buzzer. Binnington brutalized Benn, then slashed Bishop on his way to the bench as a result of Benn's elbow. Earlier, Bishop had absorbed a cut from David Perron in the back that was not recalled. While the game was away from the Blues, their discipline too.

The Stars were simply the best team in the fourth game.

"I just thought we were skating and participating a lot better," said Montgomery. "I think it was above all … I think we put them on their heels because of that."

"I thought we had a goal in the first and second half," Jason Dickinson said. "We wanted to dictate the game and try to take control."

Before the fourth game, Montgomery was asked if the series was too rich for some Stars, especially when he was considering changing his composition.

"You just can not let this thought process go through your mind, especially for gamers," said Montgomery. "It's not too rich, we have to compete harder." At the last game, the Blues competed harder than us, I think in St. Louis we were the team that competed harder in the moments. "

On Wednesday night, this team of stars came forward, just like in the fourth game of the first round against Nashville. In the first round, they played a power play and a hot start to a win in the fourth game, allowing them to pass the Predators.

By entering the fourth game on Wednesday, the Stars could not claim to be the best team in the series. The Blues were the most difficult team to face. Stars' players said the Blues were smarter. The attackers were deep, the radical defenders. And they became stellar goalkeepers.

The tables were turned Wednesday night and the stage is ready for a best-of-three to finish the second round.

"It's exactly where we're supposed to be at this point," Dickinson said. "We're supposed to be 2-2." You know, it's now a three-game series, we have to get by there, that's how we have to worry about the next game. "