It feels a lot like 2024. The Dallas Stars are back in the Western Conference Finals for a seven-game series starting Wednesday night against the Edmonton Oilers. And the Stars have home ice advantage.

The Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers are set to meet in the Western Conference Final for the second consecutive year, matching up two of the fastest teams in the NHL and featuring three of the League’s biggest superstars in Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Mikko Rantanen.

It's a rematch of last season's Western Conference final, but with a few new twists on both sides that could change the game.

For the second consecutive year, the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers are meeting in the NHL Western Conference Finals. Game 1 goes down Wednesday, May 21 at Dallas’ American Airlines Center.

Back in the NHL’s final four for the third straight season, Dallas is facing the Edmonton Oilers after losing to them in last year’s conference finals. Here’s everything fans need to know with the Stars back in the conference finals.

It’s been over four weeks since Edmonton Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm last skated in an NHL game. The 34-year-old blue-liner missed the Oilers’ first-round playoff win over the Los Angeles Kings and their second-round victory over the Vegas Golden Knights while nursing an undisclosed injury.

Four teams remain as the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs have reached the Conference Final rounds, and the Edmonton Oilers appear to be a step behind the rest of the