EDMONTON, Alberta -- completed his first career playoff hat trick midway through the third period as the defeated the on Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the NHL's Western Conference finals. and , into the empty net, had the other goals for Dallas. made 26 saves.
, and 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.
" , with a goal and an assist to give him 100 career playoff points, and all scored for Edmonton, which got 17 stops from . "A real good start," McDavid said. "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 after owning the league's best regular-season road record, is now 6-1 in the playoffs away from American Airlines Center. The Stars saw the return of Hintz, their No. 1 center who hadn't dressed since suffering an upper-body injury in Game 4 of the second round against the .
"We gutted it out while [Hintz] was out of the lineup," Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. "It wasn't pretty, it wasn't as pretty as it was tonight when he was out, but we still found ways. Guys still found ways to contribute without a key player.
"That's what I'm most proud of. It was great that he was back tonight, but I'm really proud of how we handled his absence." Game 4 of the best-of-seven s.
