Edmonton Oilers inch closer to Stanley Cup Final after another win at home

Shane Jones · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 27, 2025 11:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry each had a power-play extremity and an assistance arsenic the Edmonton Oilers took a commanding 3-1 pb successful the Western Conference last bid with a 4-1 triumph implicit the Dallas Stars connected Tuesday.

Kasperi Kapanen and Adam Henrique some added empty-net goals, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid each had 2 assists for the Oilers who person battled backmost and won 3 consecutive games aft a third-period illness outgo them the opening crippled successful Dallas.

The Oilers are present 9-0 successful Game 4s implicit their past 3 playoff runs.

Stuart Skinner continued to radiance successful the Edmonton net, making 28 saves to registry the win.

Jason Robertson replied for the Stars, who are successful information of being eliminated successful the West last by the Oilers for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row.

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Jake Oettinger recorded 29 stops portion taking the nonaccomplishment successful the Dallas net, falling to 5-11 successful his vocation successful West last contests.

After surviving a flurry of Dallas chances to commencement the game, the Oilers started the scoring connected the powerfulness play with 8:37 to play successful the opening play arsenic Nugent-Hopkins kept up his blistery play successful the series, feeding it to Draisaitl who bushed Oettinger with a one-timer from a atrocious space for his seventh of the playoffs.

Dallas has been outscored 10-0 successful the archetypal play connected the roadworthy successful this year's playoffs.

There was immoderate origin for interest for Edmonton successful the archetypal frame, however, arsenic guardant Zach Hyman took an unfastened crystal deed from Mason Marchment and near the crippled with an upper-body wounded and did not return.

The Stars tied the crippled astatine 1-1 7 minutes into the 2nd play connected a bully power-play passing play arsenic Robertson picked the apical country connected Skinner for his 2nd extremity of the playoffs successful arsenic galore games.

Edmonton regained the pb connected different powerfulness play arsenic Nugent-Hopkins made a cleanable walk to Perry for an casual tap-in for his sixth, making him conscionable the 5th subordinate aged 40 and older to people successful a league final.

It was Nugent-Hopkins' 4th consecutive multi-point performance, becoming the archetypal subordinate successful 35 years to execute that feat successful a league final, and the archetypal Oiler to person 9 oregon much points done the archetypal 4 games of a league last since Wayne Gretzky 37 years ago.

The Oilers controlled the 3rd and were capable to adhd security with 2:27 to play connected an empty-net extremity by Kapanen. Henrique past added different empty-netter with 50 seconds remaining.

Stars guardant Roope Hintz returned to the lineup aft missing a crippled aft having to beryllium helped disconnected the crystal precocious successful the 3rd play of Game 2 erstwhile helium was slashed connected the apical of the near ft by Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse.

Forward Viktor Arvidsson took the spot of Connor Brown for Edmonton aft Brown near Game 3 aft taking a deed from Stars defenceman Alexander Petrovic. Calvin Pickard, who sports a 6-0 grounds successful the playoffs, returned from wounded to backup Skinner.

Game 5 takes spot connected Thursday successful Dallas.