The Florida Panthers (4-1) won their third consecutive Eastern Conference Championship last night, taking down the Carolina Hurricanes (1-4) in five games. The Edmonton Oilers (3-1) will attempt to close out the Dallas Stars (1-3) on the road tonight in the Western Conference Finals, which would set up an epic rematch in the Stanley Cup Final between the Cats and the Oil. Puck drop is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX.
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The Florida Panthers (4-1) won their third consecutive Eastern Conference Championship last night, taking down the Carolina Hurricanes (1-4) in five games. The Edmonton Oilers (3-1) will attempt to close out the Dallas Stars (1-3) on the road tonight in the Western Conference Finals, which would set up an epic rematch in the Stanley Cup Final between the Cats and the Oil. Puck drop is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX.
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Offense has been tough to come by for the Stars throughout the past few games, but one man who has found success is Jason Robertson. The winger and 35-goalscorer has lit the lamp in two straight games, giving him three points (2G, 1A) through the first four games of the WCF. He has contributed to 37.5% of Dallas' eight goals in the series.
Robertson has continuously increased his ice time as well in this series, playing as much as 19:01 TOI/G in Game 4 in Edmonton. He's an integral member of this star-studded power-play unit, which will be looking to cash in against Edmonton's 14th-ranked penalty kill (66.67%). I'll take Robertson to log another point tonight.
On the defensive side of things, Jake Oettinger hasn't seen a massive workload in this series. He's cleared this number of 26.5 saves just once this series, when he made 29 stops in Game 4. The opening trio of games saw him make 24 saves, 22 saves, and 18 saves.
I expect the Stars to be in control of this game and apply the offensive pressure since they're at home and facing elimination, which in theory would see Oettinger not be very active once again. The Dallas netminder is 9-8 to the under 26.5 saves this postseason, which includes going 4-1 in his last five.
I'll wrap up my card by taking Trent Frederic, Edmonton's fourth-line winger, to stay under 4.0 hits tonight. Frederic really isn't getting much work during the playoffs, averaging only 10:52 TOI/G. In 15 games, he's gone under this threshold of 4.0 hits at a clip of 8-5-2. Additionally, we'll have "push potential" in case he lands exactly on 4.0 hits. Both of these teams are sixth or lower in the "hits given%" metric, so I'm expecting more speed on the ice, rather than physicality.
