Jason Robertson completed his first-career playoff hat trick midway through the third period as the Dallas Stars defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the NHL's Western Conference final. Wyatt Johnston and Miro Heiskanen, into an empty net, had the other goals for Dallas. Jake Oettinger made 26 saves.
Roope Hintz, Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn had two assists each. "You want to help the team win, you want to score goals," said Robertson, who hadn't found the back of the net since Game 6 of the first round. "Scoring one gives you confidence like a domino effect.
" Connor McDavid, with a goal and an assist to give him 100 career playoff points, Zach Hyman and Adam Henrique scored for Edmonton, which got 17 stops from Stuart Skinner. Marchment scores winner as Stars beat Oilers 3-1 to even Western Conference final Connor McDavid scores in 2OT, Oilers win Game 1 of Western Conference final "A real good start," said McDavid. "I'm not sure where those 10, 15 minutes come from, but it's as bad as it's been throughout the playoffs.
" Dallas, which reestablished home-ice advantage with the victory and owned the league's best regular-season road record, is now 6-1 in the playoffs away from American Airlines Center. Dallas Stars' Mason Marchment (27) checks Edmonton Oilers' Cody Ceci (5) in the third period. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press) The Stars saw the return of Hintz, who hadn't dressed since suffering an upper-body injury in Game 4 of the second ro.
