Seguin needs to end its slump for Stars in Final Cup with Lightning (Part 1)

The coach praised other aspects of the center’s game but said the scorers wanted to score.

Tyler Seguin’s attacking efforts were not central to the Dallas Stars during most of their progress towards the Stanley Cup Final. But on the biggest stage of the game, things get exaggerated.

So with Tampa Bay Stars and Lightning, even in the best 7-series with Game 3 at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Wednesday (8pm ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS), drought Seguin’s score is a lot of bright spots.

Center were held with no points in game fourth in a row in a 3-2 loss in game 2 on Monday. The 28-year-old has no goals and an assist in the past 11 games.

Bowness was quick to point out that the Stars would not have come this far without Seguin doing a lot of little things that helped teams win, such as 51.2% of the matches he had played. done after the season. And he was right to say that Seguin was not the only one who didn’t show up late.

Striker Corey Perry has no points in the past 11 games after scoring six (two goals, four assists) in his first match. 12. Goal striker Mattias Janmark in the third phase was his first goal in 22 games.

Rookie striker Denis Gurianov netted in series extra time and took an assist in a 3-2 win over Vegas Golden Knights in game 5 of the Western Conference final, but those were his only points. In the past seven games, and he has limited one shot on target in the first two matches of the Cup Final.

Dallas top line Jamie Benn, Seguin and Alexander Radulov were blocked by a 5v 5 on target – from Radulov in the first half – in game 2 after scoring two goals in a 4-1 win at Game 1.