Edmonton Oilers tie conference final with Game 2 shutout win over Dallas Stars

Stephen Hawkins · The Associated Press

· Posted: May 23, 2025 10:59 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Connor Brown scored aft getting deed successful the rima by a skate, Stuart Skinner made 25 saves for his 3rd shutout of the postseason and the Edmonton Oilers bushed the Dallas Stars 3-0 successful Game 2 connected Friday nighttime to adjacent the Western Conference Final.

Brown enactment the Oilers up 3-0 with 4:37 near successful the 2nd period, connecting 1:13 aft defenceman Brett Kulak's deflection for his archetypal extremity successful 36 games since Feb. 27.

It was aboriginal successful the 2nd play erstwhile officials stopped play with Brown bleeding aft taking the toed of Mikael Granlund's skate erstwhile the Stars guardant fell down by him adjacent the boards.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had different power-play extremity for the Oilers, who spell location for Game 3 connected Sunday aft avoiding an 0-2 commencement connected the roadworthy for the 2nd clip this postseason.

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Skinner has 4 vocation playoff shutouts, 3 of which person travel successful the past 4 games. He closed retired the 2nd circular with consecutive shutouts against Vegas.

Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger stopped 22 shots.

Stars guardant Roope Hintz near the crystal without putting immoderate value connected his near limb aft Edmonton defender Darnell Nurse slashed him connected apical of his near skate aboriginal successful the third. Hintz went down to the crystal successful beforehand of the Edmonton net, and instantly reached toward his foot. Nurse was fixed a insignificant punishment for slashing aft officials reviewed for a imaginable large penalty.

Nugent-Hopkins, who besides had the superior assistance connected Brown's goal, enactment the Oilers up to enactment 5:51 into the game, erstwhile helium tipped successful an Evan Bouchard shot from supra the close ellipse that was wobbling toward the nett aft going disconnected the instrumentality of Hintz. Edmonton had the antheral vantage aft a boarding punishment against Granlund.

It was the 2nd crippled successful a enactment that Nugent-Hopkins had a power-play goal.

Leon Draisaitl had the secondary assistance connected that goal, and Connor McDavid had a helper connected Kulak's goal. The assists pushed Draisaitl and McDavid, 100-point scorers during the regular season, to 20 points successful these playoffs — matching Stars guardant Mikko Rantanen for the league high.

It is the 4th 20-point postseason successful a enactment for McDavid, matching the longest agelong successful NHL past with Sergei Fedorov (1995-1998), Bryan Trottier (1980-1983) and Mike Bossy (1980-1983). Draisaitl deed the 20-point people for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row.

Friday's triumph marks a bounceback for Edmonton, who mislaid Game 1 aft allowing 5 goals successful the 3rd period.

The best-of-seven bid present shifts to Edmonton for 2 games astatine Rogers Place, wherever the Oilers are 4-1 truthful acold successful the playoffs.

Game 3 betwixt the Oilers and Stars is Sunday.