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McDavid, Hyman achieve two per piece as Oilers Top Stars 6-1

Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist, Connor McDavid also had a two-goal excursion and the Edmonton Oilers took over a 2-1 lead in their final series of the Western Conference with a 6-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Sunday.

Evan Bouchard with an assist, and John Klingberg also achieved the Oilers, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins achieving three templates.

Stuart Skinner made 36 parades in the Edmonton network to improve to 4: 4 in the game after the season.

The Oilers have won two episodes since their collapse of the third period in game 1 in Dallas.

Jason Robertson replied for the stars who hope to avoid being excreted by the Oilers for a second season in a row in the third round.

Edmonton Oilers celebrates a goal against the Dallas Stars during the first playoff campaign of the NHL Western Conference in Edmonton on Sunday, May 25, 2025. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)

Jake Oetttinger set 18 shots in Dallas' network and fell to 5-10 in his career in the western final competitions.

Edmonton started six minutes in the opening time when a Bouchard bomb came from the point after traffic for his sixth playoffs.

The Oilers then made it 2-0 only 36 seconds later, when Nugent Hopkins made a return to McDavid, who shot his four-season after Oettinger.

Nugent-Hopkins now has multiple efforts in every game in the series and is the only oiler in franchise history when Wayne Gretzky with more than one point in the first three games of a conference final.

Dallas was exceeded 9-0 in this year's playoffs.

The stars were the stronger team in the second period and were finally rewarded with 4:25 in the middle frame. Lian Bichsel's shot hit Robertson and returned Skinner for his first playoffs.

Edmonton restored his lead of two goals with a 19 -second lead in the second restoration when McDavid selected the upper corner to score his second game.

Dallas exceeded Edmonton 21-8 in the second.

The Oilers went 4: 1 only 3:25 in the third after the stars came close to a few scarce games in front of Edmonton's network. Nugent-Hopkins sent Hyman a long pass for a runaway and he tied in his fourth.

Edmonton once again scored eight minutes to play when Evander Kane put a pass on Hyman over a defender and he fell in love with his second game.

With 2:20, the Oilers added a power play goal at the first Klingbergs for the first time.

The stars were without striker Roope Hintz, who was taken second in the team in the team. Hintz had to be helped late in the third period of game 2 after he was thrown to the top of the left foot by Oiler's defender Darnell.

The stars argued that the nurse deserved a five -minute major or suspension, neither of which were present.

The defender of Oilers, Mattias Ekholm, failed to materialize with an injury, but is expected to return and give his playoff debut in the series. Oilers Forward Connor Brown suffered an injury in the second period and did not return.

Game 4 will take place in Edmonton on Tuesday.

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