The Colorado Avalanche goaltender Michael Hutchinson (35) gets a glove around the Dallas Stars Joe Pavelski’s (16) shot in the closing seconds of the third period of game 6 Friday night at Rogers Centre in Edmonton (Canadian Press photo)

NHL Stanley Cup podcast with Matt Harrington:

#1 The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche who faced off at Roger Centre in Edmonton for the seventh and final game of the second round tied at 4-4 battled for their lives and forced OT as the Stars win it 5-4 to advance to round three.

#2 The Stars Alexander Radulov scored his sixth goal of the playoffs to open the scoring at 2:39 in the first period. The Avalanche made it interesting with scoring from Vladislav Namesnikov and Andre Burakovsky as the Aves take a 2-1 lead into the second period.

#3 Second period the Stars Joel Kiviranta tied the game up at 3:06 in the second period making it 2-2, the Aves showed no signs of giving in up when Nazem Kadri scored at 5:45 for a 3-2 Colorado lead.

#4 The Dallas Stars Alexander Radulov scored his seventh goal of the post season at 11:28 in the third period as the Stars once again tied it up 3-3. Namestnikov scored his second goal of the game to get the Aves the lead again 4-3 it would be the last time the Aves would hold the lead. The Stars Joel Kiviranta tied up the game at 16:30 in the third period for Kiviranta’s second goal of the game making it 4-4.

#5 In overtime Kiviranta scored his third goal for a hat trick and the win and the clinch at 7:24 as the Stars go onto advance to the Western Conference Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Matt Harrington does the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportradioservice.com