World News – CA – Tyler Seguin had one of his best playoff performances in the Stars’ Game 4 loss

Tyler Seguin has heard the cliché before: in the playoffs, the best players must be the best players

And he knows he’s the team’s highest-paid player to make Game 4 on Friday with a 12-game goalless streak.

« You’ve got that determination for sure, looking for that bounce to get in, » Seguin said « Just start hoping things change You wanna have those looks every night, what happened Staying with that , keep going in the dirty areas like I was, especially in the first half of the last game I also have to do my part in the 60 minutes « 

Seguin responded with one of his best playoff games, with two assists and two draws Seguin established Corey Perry’s goal in the second period with a quick run on the ice, and he also collected a passes over Joe Pavelski’s tying goal in the third period His scoring drought extended to 13 games, however

Before Friday night, Seguin recorded just one assist since Game 3 of the second round against Colorado in August 26 At that point, he was second on the team with 30 shots on goal Only Jamie Benn had more shots (34) and the Stars captain has scored five times in that streak

In Game 4, the Stars’ interim coach changed the lines and split the top unit of Benn, Seguin and Alexander Radulov Instead, Seguin fell to play with Joel Kiviranta and Corey Perry Joe Pavelski centered Benn and Radulov

The change paid off on Pavelski’s goal in the first half, which was set in place with a crafty exit pass from Radulov to Benn, then a smooth pass from Benn to Pavelski in the series The goal was Pavelski’s 11th in the playoffs, the largest for any NHL player 36 years of age or older

This was the first time Bowness had split Benn-Seguin-Radulov since Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against Vegas

“I think we’ve had our chances that haven’t gone,” said Seguin “Obviously we also need more This is the oldest cliché ever: your best players have to be your best players So we have to find a production here « 

Matthew DeFranks Matt covers the Stars for SportsDay and previously covered the Florida Panthers for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel He has also covered college football, the Miami Marlins, the Kansas City Royals and the Los Angels. Angeles for a variety of outlets He graduated from the University of Notre Dame

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