The Dallas Stars' Western Conference finals opponent — the Edmonton Oilers — has some similarities to the Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche, whom...
The Stars will face a new opponent in the Western Conference finals but will notice some similarities to their first two.
Now, they’ll have to take on the three leading scorers in the playoffs this year — Leon Draisaitl , Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard . Jake Oettinger has faced just 16 shot attempts on the rush in 13 games these playoffs, the fewest of any goalie to play as much as he has.The Stars have found a way to limit rush opportunities all playoffs but will need to keep that as a focus this round.The Stars knew that special teams would play a major role at dictating any playoff series, and in the first two rounds, that was the case.
After facing two sound teams on special teams, Dallas’ challenge gets even greater with Edmonton, which leads the league in both power play percentage and penalty kill percentage in the playoffs.when it’s been on, it has been dangerous, especially against Colorado where it shut out the Avalanche in Games 2 through 4
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