The Edmonton Oilers are on the best way to their second straight Stanley Cup Remaining, after beating the Dallas Stars 6-3 in Game 5.
Corey Perry, Mattias Janmark, Jeff Skinner, Connor McDavid, Evander Kane, and Kasperi Kapanen scored for the Oilers, whereas Stuart Skinner made 14 saves.
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Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz scored for the Stars. After Jake Oettinger allowed two targets on two photographs, Casey DeSmith made 17 saves.
Recreation Recap
The Oilers opened the scoring but once more, this time it was Perry on the ability play with a snapshot in entrance of the crease at 2:31 of the primary interval.
Janmark doubled the lead at 7:09 with a wrist shot on a brief breakaway that beat Oettinger five-hole, who was then pulled for DeSmith.
At 8:07, Skinner scored the primary postseason aim of his profession on a snap shot that squeaked previous a crowded DeSmith.
Robertson lastly put the Stars on the board with a wrist shot from the mid-slot after a failed clearing try by the Oilers bounced proper onto Robertson’s stick.
At 12:27 of the second interval, Hintz scored a power-play aim with a wrist shot, once more from the mid-slot, that beat a sprawling Skinner, previous his left shoulder.
Two minutes later, McDavid scored on a breakaway to revive the two-goal lead for the Oilers.
38 seconds into the third interval, Rantanen discovered Robertson on the left facet of the offensive zone, who slid a wrist shot underneath Skinner’s left pad to convey the Stars to inside one.
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The Oilers’ two-goal lead was restored as soon as once more, this time on a fluke shot by Kane from behind the web that deflected off of Dallas defenseman Esa Lindell’s skate and previous DeSmith.
Kapanen capped off the evening with an empty-net aim to seal the win for Edmonton.
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The Oilers will now have a rematch from final 12 months and tackle the Florida Panthers within the 2025 Stanley Cup Final.
