Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins help Oilers dominate Game 3 vs. Stars, take series lead

Shane Jones · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 25, 2025 6:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Zach Hyman had 2 goals and an assist, Connor McDavid besides had a two-goal outing and the Edmonton Oilers took a 2-1 pb successful their Western Conference Final bid with a 6-1 triumph implicit the Dallas Stars connected Sunday.

Evan Bouchard, with a extremity and an assist, and John Klingberg besides scored for the Oilers, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins dishing 3 assists.

Stuart Skinner made 36 saves successful the Edmonton nett to amended to 4-4 successful post-season play, his archetypal triumph successful the playoffs that wasn't a shutout.

The Oilers person won 2 consecutive since their third-period illness successful Game 1 successful Dallas.

Jason Robertson replied for the Stars, who are hoping to debar being knocked retired successful the 3rd circular by the Oilers for a 2nd consecutive season.

Jake Oettinger stopped 18 shots successful Dallas' net, falling to 5-10 successful his vocation successful West last contests.

Edmonton started the scoring with six minutes remaining successful the opening play arsenic a Bouchard weaponry from the constituent made its mode done postulation for his sixth of the playoffs.

The Oilers past made it 2-0 conscionable 36 seconds aboriginal connected a 3-on-1 accidental arsenic Nugent-Hopkins made a instrumentality walk to McDavid, who snuck his 4th of the post-season past Oettinger.

Nugent-Hopkins present has multi-point efforts successful each crippled of the series, becoming the lone Oiler successful franchise past different than Wayne Gretzky with much than 1 constituent successful the archetypal 3 games of a league final.

Dallas has been outscored 9-0 successful the archetypal play connected the roadworthy successful this year's playoffs.

The Stars were the stronger squad successful the 2nd play and were yet rewarded with 4:25 remaining successful the mediate frame. Lian Bichsel's changeable deed Robertson and caromed past Skinner for his archetypal of the playoffs.

Edmonton restored its two-goal pb with 19 seconds near successful the 2nd arsenic McDavid picked the apical country to people his 2nd of the game.

Dallas outshot Edmonton 21-8 successful the second.

The Oilers went up 4-1 conscionable 3:25 into the 3rd aft the Stars came adjacent connected a mates of scrambly plays successful beforehand of the Edmonton net. Nugent-Hopkins sent a agelong long walk to Hyman for a breakaway and helium rifled successful his fourth.

Edmonton scored yet again with 8 minutes to play arsenic Evander Kane chipped a walk implicit a defender to Hyman and helium deflected location his 2nd of the game.

The Oilers added a power-play extremity connected Klingberg's archetypal with 2:20 to play.

The Stars were without guardant Roope Hintz, who was tied for 2nd successful squad scoring entering the game. Hintz had to beryllium helped disconnected the crystal precocious successful the 3rd play of Game 2 aft helium was slashed connected the apical of the near ft by Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse.

The Stars argued that Nurse deserved a five-minute large oregon suspension, neither of which were forthcoming.

Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm remained retired with an injury, but is expected to instrumentality and marque his playoff debut successful the series. Oilers guardant Connor Brown suffered an wounded successful the 2nd play and did not return.

Game 4 takes spot connected Tuesday successful Edmonton.