The Edmonton Oilers can take a commanding lead Tuesday in the Western Conference finals while the Dallas Stars will try to tie the series. The Oilers lead 2-1 and there will be several changes to ...

This in from Dallas Star insider and former NHL d-man Craig “Luds” Ludwig, who played 1256 regular season NHL games and won two Stanley Cups (Montreal, 1986 and Dallas, 1999), finishing up his career with six seasons in Dallas,

Hintz, who was originally injured after an iffy whack to his foot by Darnell Nurse in Game 2, got another whack early into Game 4 from Edmonton’s Evan Bouchard. Bouchard welcomed Hintz back to the ice by popping him in the injured foot, temporarily staggering Hintz before he was able to skate back to the bench. The play went unpenalized.

DALLAS -- Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer is taking inspiration from his opponent going into Game 5 of the Western Conference Final against the Edmonton Oilers at American Airlines Center on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN+, ABC).

"A little bit of the same story, right?" coach Pete DeBoer said after the Stars faltered again in their Game 4 loss to the Oilers.

Oilers winger Zach Hyman suffered an upper-body injury against the Stars in Game 4 of the NHL’s Western Conference final on Tuesday night.

Dallas put forth its best 60-minute effort of the series, but the Oilers cashed in on opportunities and received strong goaltending in Game 3

Roope Hintz, the Stars’ top-line center, suffered a concerning leg injury in the 3-0 loss to the Oilers on Friday.