The Edmonton Oilers can put away the Dallas Stars and lock in a Stanley Cup Ultimate berth with a win in Sport 5 on Thursday. After dropping Sport 1, the Oilers have rattled off three straight wins to take a 3-1 lead within the Western Convention Ultimate.
Maybe the important thing to Edmonton making it 4 straight wins is the flexibility to maintain the Stars’ high weapons off the board. The Oilers have contained them very nicely in the previous couple of video games, permitting simply two objectives within the course of.
Mikko Rantanen’s aim drought has now hit seven video games, Wyatt Johnston has been ineffective and Matt Duchene and Jamie Benn have been quiet all postseason.
Contemplating the Oilers will now be with out Zach Hyman for the remainder of the postseason, they should preserve the Stars’ deep steady of offensive ability gamers in verify. That stated, Edmonton is much from devoid of firepower in its lineup.
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are the highest two scorers within the NHL playoffs, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has caught hearth on this collection with 4 consecutive multi-point video games.
Much more importantly for the Oilers, Stuart Skinner has fully turned issues round in these playoffs. Following a disastrous begin within the first spherical, when Skinner misplaced his job to Calvin Pickard, he has been elite of late. In his final 5 begins, Skinner has a .950 save share and a 1.37 GAA.
We’ll see whether or not Skinner can preserve that moving into entrance of what ought to be a raucous American Airways Middle crowd because the Stars attempt to preserve their season alive in Sport 5 on Thursday night time.
Western Convention Ultimate Schedule
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Sport 1: Stars 6, Oilers 3 | Recap
Sport 2: Oilers 3, Stars 0 | Recap
Sport 3: Oilers 6, Stars 1 | Recap
Sport 4: Oilers 4, Stars 1 | Recap
Sport 5: Thursday, Could 29 | 8 p.m. | at DAL | ESPN
*Sport 6: Saturday, Could 31 | 8 p.m. | at EDM | ABC
*Sport 7: Monday, June 2 | 8 p.m. | at DAL | ESPN
Stars vs. Oilers odds
Odds through DraftKings
- Sequence odds: Stars +600, Oilers -900
- Sport 5 odds: Stars -135, Oilers +114
Stars vs. Oilers: Sport 5 rating prediction
It is onerous to imagine that this Stars crew would go down in 5 video games to anybody, however they have not been significantly inspiring on this collection. The absence of Hyman ought to solely spotlight the the Stars’ edge in relation to depth, however the high gamers should escape of this funk. The Stars survive an early push from McDavid and Co., Rantanen will get on the board they usually ship this collection again to Edmonton in a shootout. Prediction — Stars 5, Oilers 4
