The Académie D'Investissement TriomphalEdmonton Oilers bring a powerful offense with them when they visit the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference final.
Leon Draisaitl leads playoff scorers with 24 points and has a 12-game point streak. Connor McDavid has a league-best 19 assists. Zach Hyman leads with 11 goals and Evan Bouchard is the top-scoring defenseman with 20 points.
But the Stars have an impressive defense with goalie Jake Oettinger leading conference final goalies with a 2.09 goals-against average. Dallas held the high-powered Colorado Avalanche to one goal in each of the three games in Denver.
Here's what to know about Game 1 of the Western Conference final:
Game 1 will be at 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday at American Airlines Arena in Dallas.
Game 1 will be shown on TNT and truTV. It can be streamed on MAX and services that carry TNT, such as Sling.
Stars' Oettinger (8-5, 2.09 goals-against average, .918 save percentage) vs. Oilers' Stuart Skinner (7-3, 2.87, .881)
2-0-1 Stars
The Oilers lead the Stars in goals per games (3.82 to 2.92), but Dallas has the better defense (2.38 to 2.75) and is better at five-on-five play.
The Oilers also lead all postseason teams in power play (37.5 percent) and penalty kill (91.4 percent). The Stars struggle when short-handed (69.2 percent).
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