Oilers Eliminate Stars, Set Stage for Stanley Cup Final Rematch vs Panthers
What a night for Oilers fans! The Edmonton Oilers are heading back to the Stanley Cup Final, and they’ve done it with style, knocking out the Dallas Stars in five games. It was a 6-3 victory in Game 5 that sealed the Western Conference title, and now it’s official: we’re getting a rematch of last year’s Final between the Oilers and the Florida Panthers.
From the opening faceoff, the Oilers made their intentions clear. They came out flying, scoring on their first two shots and racing out to a 3-0 lead just over eight minutes into the game. Corey Perry got things rolling with a power-play goal that made history — his seventh of the postseason, the most ever by a player aged 39 or older. Then came goals from Mattias Janmark and Jeff Skinner, whose return to the lineup couldn’t have been better timed. Suddenly, the Stars were scrambling, down 3-0 and forced to switch goaltenders early.
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Dallas fought back, with Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz making it 3-2, but then Connor McDavid did what Connor McDavid does. Late in the second period, with the Stars building momentum, McDavid intercepted a blocked shot and took off on a breakaway, pulling off a dazzling move to beat Casey DeSmith. That goal — McDavid’s 100th career playoff assist — was a turning point, restoring Edmonton’s two-goal cushion and quieting the Dallas crowd.
Robertson did score again early in the third to bring Dallas within one, but Evander Kane’s lucky bounce off a defender and Kasperi Kapanen’s empty-netter sealed the deal. The depth scoring, the relentless pace, and the sheer skill on display from Edmonton was just too much for the Stars to handle.
Now, it’s all eyes on Wednesday night as Game 1 of the Final kicks off in Edmonton. The Oilers have earned home-ice advantage, and the hunger for redemption is real. After falling to the Panthers last year in seven games, this team knows exactly what’s at stake. They’re deeper, more experienced, and perhaps even more dangerous.
Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Corey Perry — this group is locked in, and they’ve got unfinished business. The entire hockey world will be watching. It’s going to be electric.
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