EDMONTON, Alberta — Corey Perry scored the tiebreaking objective on an influence play within the second interval and Stuart Skinner made 28 saves because the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 Tuesday evening to take a 3-1 lead within the Western Convention finals.
Perry completed with a objective and an help, Leon Draisaitl additionally scored with a person benefit and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins added two assists for Edmonton, which may advance to a second consecutive Stanley Cup Remaining with a victory over the Stars in Recreation 5 on Thursday evening, when the best-of-seven collection returns to Dallas.
Perry, 40, tied Teemu Selanne, Mark Recchi, Ron Francis and Jean Beliveau for essentially the most targets in a single postseason (6) by a participant who began that postseason age 39 or older.
Jason Robertson scored on an influence play within the second interval for Dallas. Jake Oettinger completed with 29 saves.
Kasperi Kapanen and Adam Henrique added empty-net targets within the ultimate three minutes to assist safe the win for Edmonton.
Zach Hyman, who scored twice in Recreation 3, left after a first-period hit by Mason Marchment and didn’t return.
ESPN Analysis and The Related Press contributed to this report.
