McDavid, field play keys for Oilers in Recreation 1 | NHL.com/en

Goalkeeper Stuart Skinner, 25, saved 31 of 33 pictures, a greater than ample 93.9 save proportion. Within the final three video games the 25-year-old from Edmonton has compiled a objectives in opposition to common (GAA) of 1.50 and a save proportion of 92.3.

In entrance of Skinner, Mattias Ekholm labored onerous; the 34-year-old defender from Borlänge recorded the longest recreation time within the Oilers with 31:48. Ekholm carried a heavy load when McDavid was suspended.

– He (Skinner) is a giant a part of our workforce. He is scorching now, he is relaxed and he is making himself huge in objective. It was superb for us. And we have had a superb rhythm within the recreation in numerical disadvantages all through the playoffs, Mattias Ekholm informed NHL.com/sv after the sport. These are conditions the place we construct momentum and confidence. It does not at all times work, that they had a shot within the put up, however general it labored very properly tonight.

Ekholm additionally stated they confronted a superb workforce within the Stars, who knocked off the 2023 Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights and the 2022 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche en path to the finals.

– Dallas is an excellent workforce, they’ve proven that all through the season, particularly within the playoffs the place they knocked out two top quality opponents. However we even have a superb workforce; typically they managed the sport, typically we did… that is the way it needs to be in a playoff. They’ve a robust protection, Ekholm stated.