Several key members of the Oilers spoke to the media before Edmonton take on Dallas in a rematch of last year’s Western Conference finals.

The Dallas Stars have clinched a spot in the Western Conference Final for the third consecutive season after defeating the Winnipeg Jets in seven games. To finally break through that proverbial glass ceiling,

The Edmonton Oilers visit the Dallas Stars Wednesday for Game 1 of the Western Conference Final series in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

The 16-team field for the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs is now down to four: the Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. For the Stars and Oilers, it's a rematch of the 2024 Western Conference finals;

I can’t tell you how many Dallas Stars fans there were in 1997. But the first team to truly break these people’s hearts was the Edmonton Oilers, an upset winner in a tight, vicious seven-game first round series in which the final goal came in the second overtime at Reunion Arena.

The Dallas Stars are a different team for this year's rematch of the Western Conference Final from 2024 against the Edmonton Oilers for a multitude of reasons, but one miserable special teams statistic from last season has to be avoided at all costs.

Ekholm, 34, played just one game in April after missing the remainder of the season with his injury. Since then, Edmonton’s blue line has leaned on Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard, Brett Kulak, Jake Walman, Troy Stecher, and John Klingberg, with Ty Emberson in a supporting role.

Suffice it to say, the perception of the Edmonton Oilers has changed quite a bit in a month. They’ve gone from having major question marks surrounding them before their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings to looking like a powerhouse heading into their Western Conference final rematch with the Dallas Stars.

The Dallas Stars will face a familiar opponent when they take the ice for Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday. The Stars and the Edmonton Oilers were in this spot one year ago, having battled in last season’s conference finals,