EDMONTON – Wyatt Johnston had a objective and three assists because the Dallas Stars took a 4-0 first-period lead and cruised to an 8-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.
Jason Robertson had a objective and two assists, Nathan Bastian had two targets and Jamie Benn and Sam Steel every had a objective and an help for the Stars (14-5-4). Roope Hintz and Justin Hryckowian additionally scored for Dallas, which has gone 7-1-1 in its final 9 video games.
Benn grew to become the second participant in franchise historical past to achieve the 400-goal milestone, alongside Mike Modano (557).
Rookie Connor Clattenburg, Evan Bouchard and Jack Roslovic replied for the Oilers (10-10-5), who’re nonetheless struggling to seek out their footing, with losses in 4 of their final 5.
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Edmonton defeated Dallas within the Western Conference finals in every of the previous two seasons.
Jake Oettinger made 22 saves to gather the win in web for Dallas, whereas Stuart Skinner solely made 4 saves on eight first-period pictures for the Oilers earlier than being changed firstly of the second by Calvin Pickard, who made 18 saves the remainder of the way in which.
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TAKEAWAYS
Stars: Dallas hardly appeared to overlook star ahead Mikko Rantanen, who was serving an computerized one-game suspension after being ejected for boarding for a second time in every week towards Calgary on Saturday. Rantanen presently leads the league in power-play factors with 15 in addition to penalty minutes (57), 5 greater than Washington’s Tom Wilson.
Oilers: Clattenburg scored his first NHL objective in simply his second NHL recreation. The 20-year-old was a fifth-round decide of the Oilers within the 2024 NHL draft after going undrafted in his first 12 months of eligibility, and performed junior hockey for the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League final season.
KEY MOMENT
Johnston picked up his second help of the sport on the Stars’ fourth objective, giving him 100 profession assists, to go along with 100 profession targets, achieved on Nov. 13. Among gamers to debut with the Stars, Johnston, enjoying in his 269th recreation, grew to become the third-fastest participant in workforce historical past to report 200 profession factors behind Robertson (190 video games) and Hintz (263 video games).
KEY STAT
Robertson stays on fireplace, scoring his 14th to increase his goal-scoring streak to seven video games, turning into simply the thirteenth American participant in NHL historical past to hit the mark and setting a franchise report. He additionally prolonged his factors streak to eight video games, recording 18 factors (11 targets, seven assists) in that span.
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Stars: Head to Seattle to face the Kraken on Wednesday.
Oilers: Off till Saturday, when additionally they play the Kraken.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 25, 2025.
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