Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry every had a power-play purpose and an help because the Edmonton Oilers took a commanding 3-1 lead within the Western Convention ultimate sequence with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.
Kasperi Kapanen and Adam Henrique each added empty-net targets, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid every had two assists for the Oilers who’ve battled again and received three consecutive video games after a third-period collapse price them the opening sport in Dallas.
The Oilers are actually 9-0 in Sport 4s over their previous three playoff runs.
Stuart Skinner continued to shine within the Edmonton web, making 28 saves to register the win.
Jason Robertson replied for the Stars, who’re at risk of being eradicated within the West ultimate by the Oilers for the second yr in a row.
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Jake Oettinger recorded 29 stops whereas taking the loss within the Dallas web, falling to 5-11 in his profession in West ultimate contests.
After surviving a flurry of Dallas probabilities to start out the sport, the Oilers began the scoring on the facility play with 8:37 to play within the opening interval as Nugent-Hopkins stored up his scorching play within the sequence, feeding it to Draisaitl who beat Oettinger with a one-timer from a nasty angle for his seventh of the playoffs.
Dallas has been outscored 10-0 within the first interval on the highway on this yr’s playoffs.
There was some trigger for concern for Edmonton within the first body, nonetheless, as ahead Zach Hyman took an open ice hit from Mason Marchment and left the sport with an upper-body damage and didn’t return.
Dallas Stars’ Jason Robertson (21) and Edmonton Oilers’ Zach Hyman (18) battle for the puck throughout first interval NHL Western Convention ultimate playoff motion on Tuesday night time. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
The Stars tied the sport at 1-1 seven minutes into the second interval on a pleasant power-play passing play as Robertson picked the highest nook on Skinner for his second purpose of the playoffs in as many video games.
Edmonton regained the lead on one other energy play as Nugent-Hopkins made an ideal cross to Perry for a simple tap-in for his sixth, making him simply the fifth participant aged 40 and older to attain in a convention ultimate.
It was Nugent-Hopkins’ fourth consecutive multi-point efficiency, changing into the primary participant in 35 years to perform that feat in a convention ultimate, and the primary Oiler to have 9 or extra factors by way of the primary 4 video games of a convention ultimate since Wayne Gretzky 37 years in the past.
The Oilers managed the third and have been in a position so as to add insurance coverage with 2:27 to play on an empty-net purpose by Kapanen. Henrique then added one other empty-netter with 50 seconds remaining.
Stars ahead Roope Hintz returned to the lineup after lacking a sport after having to be helped off the ice late within the third interval of Sport 2 when he was slashed on the highest of the left foot by Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse.
Ahead Viktor Arvidsson took the place of Connor Brown for Edmonton after Brown left Sport 3 after taking successful from Stars defenceman Alexander Petrovic. Calvin Pickard, who sports activities a 6-0 report within the playoffs, returned from damage to backup Skinner.
Sport 5 takes place on Thursday in Dallas.
