Sharks rally, force Game 6

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The San Jose Sharks just won't go away -- and now they're going back to Dallas.

Joe Pavelski scored 65 seconds into overtime and the Sharks evaded playoff elimination for the second straight game Friday night, improbably rallying from a late 2-goal deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in Game 5.

Brian Campbell scored the tying goal midway through the third period for the Sharks, who cut the Stars' lead in the second-round series to 3-2 after Dallas won the first three contests, including 2 overtime victories. Game 6 is back in Texas on Sunday night.

San Jose, which lost the series' first three games in five days, is just the fourth team in the last 20 seasons to stretch a series even to six games after trailing 0-3. As Sharks coach Ron Wilson has reminded his players, only two teams in NHL history have recovered from such dire circumstances to win a series: the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942 and the New York Islanders in 1975.