Oilers vs Stars Game 3 live updates, highlights, results

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The Western Conference finals heads to Edmonton for two games starting Sunday afternoon.

The series is tied 1-1 after Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner shut out the Dallas Stars in Game 2 in Dallas.

Skinner, who was benched early in the playoffs but has returned because of an injury to Calvin Pickard, has three shutouts this postseason, including back-to-back ones to close out the second round against the Vegas Golden Knights. His save percentage is .833 or below in his other four appearances.

The Stars lost top-line forward Roope Hintz in Game 2 after Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse slashed his foot. He was still undergoing tests on Saturday so his status will be known at game time.

Here’s what to know about Game 3 of the Western Conference finals between the Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars, including how to watch:

As if on cue, the Oilers didn’t take long to make their mark coming out of the locker room. Just three minutes into the final period, Zach Hyman was able to net the Oilers’ fourth goal of the night from the left wing of the right circle.

Ironically, Dallas was all over the Edmonton net just moments before Hyman’s goal, but as was the case for most of the second period, Dallas was unable to finish and that gave Edmonton all the space they needed to retaliate.

The second period wasn’t the prettiest for the Oilers, but they’ve retained their two-goal advantage thanks to an unassisted goal from none other than Connor McDavid, his second of the night. With just eighteen seconds to go in the period, McDavid was able to maneuver through the Dallas defense and flick a snap shot from the right circle through Jake Oettinger. Given how well Dallas played in that period, the Stars have to feel demoralized heading into the locker room. They totally outplayed the Oilers yet still find themselves down two.

Edmonton was gifted everything they could want on a golden platter in the second period. Two consecutive minor penalties gave the Oilers the man advantage for four minutes straight. The Oilers couldn’t score though. In fact, they only got two shots off throughout the four minutes, wasting away their best opportunities of the second period.

Dallas was playing phenomenal defense, and their efforts on the penalty kill yielded stellar results when just a few moments later, a wrist shot from Lian Bichsel got the Stars their first goal of the game.

Bichsel’s goal came on Dallas’ 15th shot of the period. They’d been peppering the Edmonton net all period long and finally, their efforts came to fruition. Perhaps the ice is tilted toward that end because it was Edmonton in control in the first, but the second has been all Dallas.

While the Stars could not capitalize on their power play, Dallas still managed to pepper the Edmonton goal in the first four minutes, resulting in three shots on goal, a crossbar, and a few shots that would have had an opportunity if Edmonton hadn’t blocked them. Dallas obviously had a huge advantage out the gate being a man up, but even after Kapanen returned to the ice, Dallas maintained possession and momentum for a long while before play was stopped. If this holds up, Dallas will make up some ground on the Oilers sooner than later.

It was a rather slow first period until it wasn’t. Edmonton’s two goals within a minute of one another broke apart what would’ve been a tense, but unexciting first 20 minutes. The Stars have tallied only nine shots on goal so far, but should have some opportunity to increase that number at the start of the second period after Kasperi Kapanen closed out the first with a high-sticking penalty with only three seconds left on the clock. Dallas will start the second with the man advantage, giving them their best chance yet to draw closer to the Oilers.

After a slow start to the first period with only eight shots between both teams through the first seven minutes, the Oilers finally found the back of the net with less than six minutes to go. Unsurprisingly, it was Evan Bouchard who lit the lamp first with his sixth goal of the postseason, a slap shot from the right side of the blue line that found its way through Stars’ goaltender Jake Oettinger.

The goal came on Edmonton’s tenth shot of the game, and just one shot and 36 seconds later it was Connor McDavid getting in on the action with a goal of his own from the right circle to double Edmonton’s lead. They were gifted that opportunity with a counterattack 3-on-1 almost immediately after the faceoff following their first goal.

Dallas may have had the bulk of the scoring chances in the first ten minutes, but it’s been all Edmonton ever since. They lead 2-0.