Robertson hat trick powers Stars past Oilers in Game 3

Connor McDavid had a aim and an help for the Oilers, the No. 2 seed from the Pacific Division. Skinner made 17 saves.

“It was slightly bit irritating. You knew that they have been going to push again, these guys clearly wish to make it to the finals,” Skinner mentioned. “And clearly we do as effectively, however I feel we simply let off the gasoline slightly bit.

“The primary factor is I simply can’t be letting in 4 objectives, particularly in opposition to the Dallas Stars, how good they’re defensively.”

Zach Hyman put the Oilers forward 1-0 at 2:02 of the primary interval, deflecting in McDavid’s shot from the fitting dot from behind Oettinger on the far put up. Hyman leads the NHL with 13 objectives within the Stanley Cup Playoffs, together with seven in seven house video games.

McDavid made it 2-0 at 7:37, after Mattias Ekholm skated the puck across the again of the web and hit him on the far put up. It was McDavid’s one hundredth playoff level (33 objectives, 67 assists) in 64 video games.

“I assumed they went up a pair ranges, and we went down a number of ranges. Clearly, you see the distinction,” McDavid mentioned. “You attempt to maintain enjoying. You don’t go up by two and say, ‘Let’s simply maintain this during for the following 50 minutes.’

“We’re clearly attempting to maintain enjoying and we let one get away there.”