The excellent news for the Dallas Stars is that if the Western Convention finals get to a Sport 7, they’ve the NHL’s grasp of Sport 7s behind their bench.
The dangerous information is that they should get to Sport 7 for that to matter. And after happening 2-1 within the sequence to the Edmonton Oilers by way of a 6-1 loss in Sport 3, one other defeat may make that troublesome.
Can they punch again in Sport 4 to knot the matchup at 2-2 heading again dwelling to Dallas for Sport 5?
Listed below are notes on the matchup from ESPN Analysis, in addition to betting intel from ESPN BET:
Extra from Sport 3: Recap | Grades
Matchup notes
Dallas Stars at Edmonton Oilers
Sport 4 | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN/ESPN+
Following the Oilers’ win in Sport 3, ESPN BET has adjusted the sequence winner odds to Oilers -375 (beforehand -140) and Stars +280 (beforehand +120). The Oilers’ Cup winner odds are actually +140, whereas the Stars’ are +700. Connor McDavid is atop the Conn Smythe odds leaderboard at +175.
The Oilers are actually 10-2 of their previous 12 video games, after shedding the primary two video games of the primary spherical vs. the Los Angeles Kings, and are 20-3 at dwelling within the playoffs since 2017 when main after two intervals.
The Stars misplaced consecutive video games for the primary time within the 2025 playoffs, and have one objective complete of their previous three highway video games (Video games 2 and 5 of the second spherical towards the Winnipeg Jets and Sport 3 towards Edmonton).
McDavid powered the Oilers to a Sport 3 win together with his forty fourth multipoint and sixth multigoal sport of his playoff profession. McDavid has as many playoff video games with a number of factors (44) as he does with no factors (20) or one level (24).
Teammate Evan Bouchard opened the scoring together with his sixth objective this postseason, tying Leon Draisaitl for the workforce lead. Bouchard is the primary defenseman with six targets in consecutive postseasons since Rob Blake in 2001 and 2002. Bouchard additionally recorded an help, marking his twenty fourth profession multipoint playoff sport, which prolonged his file for defensemen in a four-postseason span.
Stuart Skinner was outstanding in objective as soon as once more, stopping 33 of 34 pictures to earn his fourth win this postseason. It was his first win of those playoffs that did not finish in a shutout, because the Stars’ objective with 4:25 left within the second interval ended Skinner’s shutout streak at 99 minutes, 33 seconds. With the win, Skinner tied Andy Moog for the third-most playoff wins by a goaltender in Oilers historical past (23); Invoice Ranford is subsequent on the listing at 25, and Grant Fuhr is nicely forward at No. 1 with 74.
Dallas’ Mikko Rantanen recorded an help on the objective from Jason Robertson, however has gone with out a objective in his previous six video games. In his earlier six video games earlier than the drought, he scored 9 targets, which stays tied for the NHL lead this postseason.
Jake Oettinger allowed six targets within the loss, tied for probably the most in a playoff sport in his profession; the earlier event was Sport 6 of the 2023 Western Convention finals towards the Vegas Golden Knights.
Scoring leaders
GP: 14 | G: 5 | A: 17
GP: 16 | G: 9 | A: 12
