Wyatt Johnston has 3 assists, shootout winner as Stars beat Oilers 4-3 in West rematch
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DALLAS (AP) — Wyatt Johnston had three assists before scoring the game-ending goal in a shootout as the Dallas Stars beat Edmonton 4-3 on Tuesday night.
It was the first meeting of the two NHL clubs since the Oilers eliminated the Stars in the Western Conference final for the second season.
Mikko Rantanen had two goals and an assist for the Stars.
Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Vasily Podkolzin scored for Edmonton, which led 2-0 only 7:07 in while playing a third game in four days.
Casey DeSmith had 23 saves before stopping two of three shots in the shootout. Jake Oettinger was on the bench, but didn’t play for Dallas after the birth of his first child.
Stuart Skinner, who beat the Stars in the last two West finals, stopped 24 shots.
After collecting the primary assist on Draisaitl’s power-play goal in the second period, McDavid put the Oilers up 3-1 at 7:51 of the third period.
With four points and 17 assists, McDavid joined Sidney Crosby as the only active players to reach 20 points within the first 15 games of a season seven times.
Only 46 seconds after McDavid’s goal, Rantanen scored his second of the game, seventh of the season and 301st of his career.
Miro Heiskanen tied it at 3-3 with 7:40 left in regulation. He knocked in the puck after it ricocheted off the back wall and to the opposite side of Skinner.
Edmonton wasted a two-goal lead for the second time in as many nights after falling 3-2 to St. Louis.
Glen Gulutzan was on the Stars bench as head coach after spending the past seven seasons as an assistant in Edmonton.
The Oilers wrapped up the West final with a 6-3 win in Game 5 in Dallas on May 29. They eliminated the Stars in six games in 2024.
Up next
Oilers: Host Colorado on Saturday.
Stars: Host Anaheim on Thursday night.
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