Joe Pavelski tied Joe Mullen for most goals scored in the NHL postseason by a United States-born player with two for the Dallas Stars in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday.
Pavelski, a Wisconsin native, has scored 12 goals this postseason to give him 60 in his NHL career. Mullen, a New York native, scored 60, and Mike Modano, from Michigan, scored 58.
"It's cool to be up there with those names," Pavelski said this week. "We are focused right now on the Finals, so all that stuff is just extra. Just look at it another day. ... But I've played in a lot of playoff games, scored some goals along the way, and we're here today. So I'll keep trying to add to it."
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He scored with 1:32 remaining in the first period, and with 8:25 left in the third period to tie the game 4-4. Kevin Shattenkirk scored 6:34 into overtime to move Tampa Bay one win from winning the Stanley Cup. Game 5 of the best-of-7 series is Saturday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS).
Pavelski scored 14 goals in 67 games this season after scoring 38 for the San Jose Sharks the season before. The 36-year-old has played 159 NHL postseason games and scored two goals in the round-robin portion of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers this postseason.
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Modano played 176 Stanley Cup Playoff games and won the Stanley Cup in 1999 when the Stars defeated the Buffalo Sabres.
Mullen played 143 playoff games and who won the Cup with the Calgary Flames in 1989 and the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992.
Pavelski is the fourth NHL player to score at least 10 goals in a postseason at age 36 or older, joining Maurice Richard (11 with the Montreal Canadiens in 1958), Wayne Gretzky (10 with the New York Rangers in 1997), and Brett Hull (10 with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002).
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