Heading into the weekend, both conference finals were at 3-2, with the home teams for Game 6 in position to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup final.
The Oilers got out to a 3-0 lead in Dallas — including two Ryan Nugent-Hopkins power play goals — to beat the Stars 3-1, while the Panthers hosted the Rangers in Game 6.
Islanders News
- With Mitch Korn leaving to rejoin Barry Trotz in Nashville, Chris Terreri is the Isles’ new director of goaltending. Pier Greco remains the goalie coach, while Ilya Sorokin’s former longtime KHL goalie coach Sergei Naumovs — a Latvian — is Bridgeport’s new goalie guru.