The Edmonton Oilers have stolen home-ice advantage back from the Dallas Stars after a 3-0 victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final.

In the world of heavy knee and shin pads, a slash normally doesn’t do enough damage to derail an NHL player; but the slash delivered by Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse in the third period to the lower left leg of Stars center Roope Hintz appeared to do the job of a mob hit. “We didn’t like it,” Stars center Jamie Benn said.

Center Connor McDavid won nine of his 16 faceoffs and tallied one assist, one takeaway and a key shot block in the third period that helped seal the game. Defenseman Evan Bouchard chipped in with two assists and three blocked shots as the Oilers suffocated the Stars down the stretch.

Stars head coach Pete DeBoer was brutally honest about his team's Game 2 loss in the Western Conference Final.

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 in Game 2 of the 2025 Western Conference Finals as Dallas continued an alarming trend this postseason.