May 29th, 2025, 10:56pm
Dallas – Conor McDavid had a breakaway goal with the Edmonton Oilers looking back at the momentum.
McDavid scored that big goal in the second term after a previous assist after 40-year-old Corey Perry scored again, moving on to his second Stanley Cup final after beating the Dallas Star 6-3 on Thursday night in Game 5 before winning the West final.
When McDavid accepted the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, he happily placed his hand this time.
“I think it’s pretty obvious to me,” McDavid said of what’s different from the end of last year’s West Finals. “Don’t touch it last year. You won’t win. Please touch it this year. Hopefully you will win.”
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Edmonton scored on the first two shots and jumped 3-0 at the first 8:07 to eliminate the West Finals star for the second year in a row.
The Oilers will undergo another rematch against Stanley Cup champion Florida defending after the Panthers won their first three games, followed by seven games in the series last June. Game 1 is Wednesday night in Edmonton.
This is the 12th rematch in Stanley Cup playoff history and the first rematch since 2009 (Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings). The Odds Maker threw the title odds. The Panthers and Oilers were listed at -110 each and won the Cup at ESPN BET on Thursday.
Dallas was in goal when Thomas Hurley blocked a single timer by Matthias Ekholm, the Oilers defender who is playing for the first time this postseason. McDavid gathered a long Ricochet well past centre ice, staying in front of the speedy Roope Hintz, beating goalkeeper Casey Desmith at 5:32 in the second term.
“It’s a play like Conor McDavid, and that’s what he’s just a player,” Perry said.
Matthias Jeanmark, Jeff Skinner, Ivander Kane and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for Edmonton, the empty netter in the final seconds. Leon Draysitel and Jake Walman each had two assists.
Jason Robertson scored twice, and Hintz scored a goal for the Starr, finishing the season in the West Finals for the third year in a row. Wyatt Johnston and Harley each had two assists.
“We have to keep knocking on the door,” star director Pete DeBoer said. “We followed every game in this series. It’s a difficult way to play hockey against that team. It was the story of the entire series, but Connor’s goal was his fourth goal… The puck bounces back into the neutral zone and he comes out of the bench.
Desmith was handed over online after starting the goalkeeper goal. Jake Ottinger was pulled after Janmark’s goal, making it 2-0 at 7:09 in the game.
Edmonton goalkeeper Stuart Skinner made 14 saves. Desmith, who hadn’t played in Game 1 of the first round against Colorado since April 26th, stopped 17 of 20 shots.
Perry scored on the power play and was only 2:31 in the game with the support of McDavid and Draisaitl. His seven goals are the most common players over the age of 39 in a single postseason, and the 2007 Stanley Cup champion will advance to the final for the fifth time in the last six seasons when he was 22.
This was McDavid’s 100th assist in 90 playoff games, becoming the second fastest player in NHL history to reach that mark. Wayne Gretzky scored 100 assists in the first 70 playoff games, with no other player reaching the mark in under 125 games.
Robertson scored for a minute in the third term and again scored a star in the goal. Kane then scored on Dallas defensive man Esa Lindell and past Desmith’s out-of-skate shot.
Jeffskinner, a 33-year-old forward who played 1,078 regular-season games for three teams in 15 years, scored his first career postseason goal with a 3-0 lead. His playoff debut took place in the first round opener against Los Angeles on April 21, but he didn’t play again until Thursday when the Oilers were without Zach Hyman and Connor Brown, who were injured.
This report uses information from the Associated Press.
