The Oilers defeated the Stars 2-1 on Sunday night, advancing to the Stanley Cup for the first time since 2006.
stopped 34 shots for his hometown team and the Oilers capped an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Final by beating thehad two assists for the Oilers, who won the Western Conference in six games and will play for the Cup for the first time since 2006.in Game 1; the series is set to open on Saturday night.
Oettinger went to the bench with about 2:20 to go, but the Stars got only two shots the rest of the way, their desperate tries to tie the game and extend the series coming up short. Just by getting to the Cup final, Edmonton has done something truly extraordinary -- making the title series after finding itself 10 points out of a playoff spot during the regular season. Entering games on Nov. 24, the Oilers were 5-12-1, 10 points back of Seattle and St. Louis for the final wild-card spot in the West and 19 points behind Vegas for the top spot in the conference.
Starting with that eight-game win streak, the Oilers -- who had a 16-game winning streak not long after the eight-game run ended - were the best team in the NHL for the remainder of the regular season. They were 44-15-5 the rest of the way, leading the league in goals and goal differential in that span.Edmonton is just the third team in NHL history to make the final after being 10 points or more out of a playoff spot; the others were Toronto in 1958-59 and St. Louis in 2018-19.
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