The Stars began Game 2 on Friday with a starting five of Mikko Rantanen, Roope Hintz, Mikael Granlund, Miro Heiskanen and Esa Lindell, all of whom are Finnish-born players. According to the Stars’ social media account, it’s the first time since the NHL began tracking starters that a team put out five Finns to begin a game.

In the world of heavy knee and shin pads, a slash normally doesn’t do enough damage to derail an NHL player; but the slash delivered by Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse in the third period to the lower left leg of Stars center Roope Hintz appeared to do the job of a mob hit.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had another power-play goal for the Oilers, who go home for Game 3 on Sunday after avoiding an 0-2 start on the road for the second time this postseason.

The Edmonton Oilers host the Dallas Stars in game three of the third round of the NHL Playoffs with the series tied 1-1.

The Oilers skated into a near must-win situation in Game Two and repeated the impressive opening forty minutes they produced in Game One.

Such was the case in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final against the Dallas Stars. Edmonton put together a responsible outing in a 3-0 win here at American Airline Center on Friday to tie the best-of-7 series 1-1.

The Oilers played one of their best games on both ends of the ice to even the Western Conference Finals with the Stars.

Calvin Pickard, a career backup (when not playing in the minors) has more minutes in net than Edmonton’s No. 1 goaltender (Stuart Skinner). The gap could’ve been larger, but Pickard’s injury guaranteed recent starts for Skinner.

The Detroit Red Wings shared a big family announcement for captain Dylan Larkin on the team's X account on Friday. Larkin and his wife, Kenzy, are now proud parents of a baby girl, Lennyn Marie Larkin, born May 19.