Oilers look to close out Stars and advance to Stanley Cup rematch with Panthers

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The Edmonton Oilers person the accidental for different series-clinching Game 5 triumph connected the road, 1 that would nonstop them to a Stanley Cup last rematch and again sound retired the Dallas Stars.

Puck driblet for Game 5 is astatine 6 p.m. MT

Stephen Hawkins · The Associated Press

· Posted: May 29, 2025 1:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

Edmonton took a 3-1 bid pb into Game 5 of the Western Conference last connected Thursday night. The Oilers had won 3 games successful a enactment portion holding Dallas to lone 2 goals since the Stars' five-goal 3rd play for a 6-3 triumph successful the bid opener.

Defending Stanley Cup champion Florida is awaiting the Western Conference victor aft closing retired the eastbound last with a 5-3 triumph astatine Carolina successful Game 5 connected Wednesday night.

The Panthers bushed Edmonton for the Stanley Cup past June, erstwhile the Oilers overcame an 0-3 shortage to unit a deciding Game 7.

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The Oilers precocious to the Western Conference last this twelvemonth aft a 1-0 overtime triumph successful Game 5 astatine Vegas to decorativeness the 2nd round. They bushed Dallas successful a six-game conference final past season.

Dallas is successful the Western Conference last for the 3rd twelvemonth successful a row, and is trying to debar becoming the archetypal squad successful much than 3 decades to bash that without making it to a Stanley Cup final.

Under the playoff format adopted successful 1994, 4 different teams person gotten to 3 consecutive league finals, and each of them won astatine slightest 1 rubric during their runs.

The Stars volition beryllium playing their 100th game, their 18th successful these playoffs aft the 82-game regular season.

They person to triumph to widen their season, past would inactive request to triumph a Game 6 successful Edmonton connected Saturday nighttime to acceptable up a Game 7 astatine location Monday night.

Dallas manager Pete DeBoer is 9-0 successful Game 7s, 3 of those with the Stars, including the archetypal circular against Colorado this season.

Puck driblet for Game 5 is astatine 6 p.m. MT

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