DALLAS (AP) With his team getting nearly doubled up on shots http://www.officialstarsproonline.com/authentic-adidas-jason -spezza-jersey , Ben Bishop stopped nearly every one that came his way.Bishop stopped 27 shots and the Dallas Stars held on to beat St. Louis 2-1 on Friday night, moving past the Blues into third place in the Central Division.¡±The goalie was the best player in the game for either team,¡± Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock said. ¡±This was a playoff hockey game, two teams that were desperate. This is as well as anybody¡¯s played against us for a long time.¡±Article continues below ...Mattias Janmark and Stephen Johns scored for Dallas, which had a season-low 16 shots on goal while winning for the sixth time in seven games. The Stars, who had not been this high in the standings since Nov. 5, are tied with the Blues with 72 points John Klingberg Jersey , but have two games in hand.¡±We really been chasing all year, and it¡¯s a good feeling to catch up with them,¡± Janmark said.Brayden Schenn spoiled Bishop¡¯s shutout bid with a power-play goal with 1:14 remaining, and Jake Allen finished with 14 saves for St. Louis. The Blues have lost three straight (0-2-1).¡±It¡¯s a game that we could have won but we didn¡¯t win,¡± St. Louis coach Mike Yeo said. ¡±So we have to look at it and make sure that we find a way to win these close games.¡±Both Dallas goals hit Blues players before going past Allen.¡±They get two freaky . goals,¡± Allen said. ¡±It¡¯s unfortunate. I thought we played a better game than they did.¡±Neither team scored in the first period, when the Blues outshot Dallas 8-3. St. Louis failed to score on two power plays Mattias Janmark Jersey , and the Stars were unsuccessful on their only man-advantage of the period.¡±I thought we played tight, didn¡¯t allow them to get much zone offense,¡± Blues defenseman Colton Parayko said. ¡±Our forwards did a good job of holding on to the puck.¡±Janmark scored on the power play at 2:42 of the second, getting his 16th of the season to top his total from his rookie season two years ago. It was also his fourth on power-play goal of the season.Bishop preserved the Stars¡¯ lead early in the third as he turned away Schenn¡¯s backhand attempt in front of the net.Johns doubled the lead with 9 1/2 minutes to go with his career-high eighth. Jamie Benn sent the puck across the ice to the right-wing boards. It bounced to Johns in the right circle, and he sent a slap shot into the upper right corner of the net.Schenn pulled the Blues within one as he took a pass across the slot from from Jaden Schwartz and beat Bishop before the goalie could move back in position to stop the shot.Dallas blocked 23 shots ¨C five by Greg Pateryn ¨C and took the puck away seven times.NOTES: Dallas D Marc Methot (knee injury) returned to the ice for only the second time since Nov. 6. ¡­ St. Louis D Jay Bouwmeester played in his 1,100th game. ¡­ The Blues are the first of six straight playoff contenders on the Stars¡¯ schedule. St. Louis is in the midst of 10 games in a row against contenders. ¡­ John Klingberg also had an assist on Janmark¡¯s goal for his 46th helper of the season and his 200th career point. ¡­ The Stars¡¯ three shots on goal in the first period tied their season low for a period. On the four previous times this season, Dallas was protecting a lead in the third.UP NEXTBlues: Host San Jose on Tuesday night.Stars: At San Jose on Sunday. SAN JOSE Radek Faksa Jersey , Calif. (AP) The crew of castoffs that carried the expansion Vegas Golden Knights to a division title and two rounds of playoffs wins in a reality-defying season are more than just a feel-good story.They¡¯ve proven themselves to be legitimate Stanley Cup contenders.Marc-Andre Fleury was his usual brilliant self with 28 saves in his fourth shutout of the postseason and Vegas benefited from a couple of fortunate bounces to advance to the Western Conference Final with a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.¡±It¡¯s a bit crazy thinking about it for sure,¡± defenseman Brayden McNabb said. ¡±But we¡¯re here to win. We¡¯re not going to get caught up in we shouldn¡¯t be here or whatever. We¡¯re here to win.¡±The Golden Knights have done that all season despite being thrown together at the expansion draft last June among players deemed expendable by their former teams. They won eight of nine games to open the season to take the league by a bit of shock, posted 109 points to win a Pacific Division filled with playoff-tested teams and then gone 8-2 in the playoffs with a first-round sweep against Los Angeles and a six-game series win over the Sharks.They became just the third team in NHL history to win multiple series in its first season. The Toronto Arenas won the Stanley Cup in the first postseason in league history in 1918 and St. Louis won two rounds to win the all-expansion West Division in 1968.Next up for Vegas is the Western Conference Final against either Winnipeg or Nashville. The Jets lead that series 3-2 heading into Game 6 at home on Monday night.While the Golden Knights got help from a couple of shots that hit the iron and went out for San Jose and one that went off the post and into the net for a goal by Nate Schmidt that was only detectable on replay, the recipe for success has been speed, tenacity and depth more than luck.¡±We made ourselves a good team,¡± Fleury said. ¡±We had great chemistry right from the start. We keep improving throughout the season. I feel like we¡¯re using everybody in the lineup to get wins. That¡¯s what¡¯s made us successful.¡±Fleury has been a big part of that, capped by his fourth career series-clinching shutout Authentic Stephen Johns Jersey , one shy of Chris Osgood¡¯s NHL record.Fleury allowed just three goals in the sweep against the Kings, posted shutouts in the opening and closing games against San Jose and was brilliant in an overtime win in Game 3 over the Sharks.But he has had plenty of help. William Karlsson scored 43 goals in the regular season and had the overtime winner in Game 3 of this series. Jonathan Marchessault is tied for the team lead with 11 points this postseason, including the first goal in the clincher against the Sharks. Even the fourth line played a big role Sunday by controlling the puck and hemming San Jose in the defensive zone.¡±We¡¯re having a lot of fun in this room,¡± Schmidt said. ¡±¡±The guys have just been having a blast all year with each other. I think that we¡¯ve done a lot more than we thought we were capable of, but we continue to set the bar to new heights with our group. We continue to just set new expectations for yourself. This group believes in each other and that¡¯s more than anything you can ask for.¡±The Golden Knights took control of this game with some good fortune in the second period. It started when usually reliable Marc-Edouard Vlasic turned the puck over in his own zone. Reilly Smith took control near the blue line and found Marchessault alone in front for a goal that trickled between Martin Jones¡® pads.The Golden Knights then added to the lead after an icing by Brent Burns led to an offensive zone faceoff. David Perron beat Tierney on the draw and Schmidt took a shot that appeared to deflect off the post and out.Play went on for 25 more seconds before the buzzer rang, with the situation room in Toronto calling for a video review. That quickly showed that the puck bounced off the post, off a piece equipment inside the net and out.Vegas then had a delayed celebration for the goal that made it 2-0.That was the type of bounce the Sharks didn¡¯t get early in the game when they hit the post or crossbar three times in the opening period and then again in the third when they tried to cut into Vegas¡¯ lead.¡±It¡¯s a fine line Youth Tyler Pitlick Jersey ,¡± coach Peter DeBoer said. ¡±I think we had a couple of those that didn¡¯t go in. That¡¯s hockey. But Vegas deserves to be moving on. They played great. They finished the chances when they needed to and got saves when they needed to.¡±¡ª