One of the biggest storylines heading into the Western Conference Final was the clear edge the Dallas Stars had over the Edmonton Oilers in the crease. Stuart Skinner had been struggling all playoffs, even getting benched for two games, whereas Jake Oettinger was one of the top performing goalies of the entire postseason.
There were two expectations when it came to that key difference between the two netminders. The first was that the Stars would be able to light up Skinner, much like they did against Alexandar Georgiev in the second round — that hasn’t exactly happened yet, with Skinner going back-to-back games of only allowing two goals against and looking pretty sharp, a nice change of pace for Edmonton.