Five things to know about the Western Conference finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Dallas Stars and the Edmonton Oilers.
The Stars and Oilers are set to meet for the seventh time in the playoffs and first since 2003. The Stars have a 5-1 advantage over Edmonton in the postseason all-time.
Both teams have deep postseason histories, as the Stars are in the conference finals for the seventh time and the Oilers are this deep for the 11th time. However, they have only made the conference finals twice since the turn of the century — in 2006 and 2022.After goalie battles each night in the Vegas series, Oettinger was the better netminder compared to Colorado’s Alexandar Georgiev last round. Dallas will now face an Edmonton team that has had some goaltending issues.
Skinner was benched ahead of Game 4, as Edmonton turned to Calvin Pickard to make his first NHL playoff start. Skinner was pulled in the second period of Game 3 after allowing four goals on 15 shots.
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