Stars, Oilers and Zach Hyman
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The Dallas Stars travel to Edmonton to meet the Oilers in Game 3 of their NHL Western Conference best-of-seven playoff series on Sunday afternoon. Game time is 3 p.m. EDT, and you can watch it on ESPN+ and ABC or live stream it on fubo TV (FREE trial) or DIRECTV (FREE trial and discount).
Zach McDavid & Hyman each score twice while Skinner makes 33 saves in a dominant 6-1 victory over the Stars in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final on Sunday
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The Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers clash in Game 3 of their best-of-7, Western Conference Final NHL Playoff series Sunday at Rogers Place.
It was the third shutout for Stuart Skinner and the Oilers in their last four games, as the veteran netminder responded after struggling in Game 1. The Oilers are now a -164 favorite to win the best-of-seven series, and they’re sitting at -155 odds to take Game 3 at home Sunday afternoon.
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.
It’s hard to believe a player who couldn’t put any weight on his left leg in the third period of a game would be ready for playoff hockey 2,000 miles away just over 36 hours later. Crazier things have happened,
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Edmonton Journal on MSNIt took a while, but Oilers are masters of the secret playoff formulaStuart Skinner had three shutouts in 51 regular season starts. Now he has three in seven playoff games. And it’s not because he turns into Martin Brodeur. When the Oilers tighten up and lock it down, they’re as tough to penetrate as any team in hockey.