Oilers shut out Stars in Game 2 to even finals in West - ESPN

DALLAS — Connor Brown scored after getting hit in the mouth by a skate, Stuart Skinner made 25 saves for his third shutout of the postseason and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 in Game 2 on Friday night to even the Western Conference final.

Brown put the Oilers up 3-0 with 4:37 left in the second period, connecting 1:13 after defenseman Brett Kulak's deflection for his first goal in 36 games since Feb. 27.

It was early in the second period when officials stopped play with Brown bleeding after taking the toe of Mikael Granlund's skate when the Stars forward fell down by him near the boards.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had another power-play goal for the Oilers, who go home for Game 3 on Sunday after avoiding an 0-2 start on the road for the second time this postseason.

Skinner has four career playoff shutouts, including three this postseason — all in his wins. He's the second goalie in Oilers postseason history with three shutouts in a single postseason (Curtis Joseph in 1998).

He closed out the second round with consecutive shutouts against Vegas before giving up five goals on 27 shots in the 6-3 loss to open the series against the Stars.

«For me, it was just rinse, repeat, just keep on going. You can let in five and still give it your all,» Skinner said. «That's kind of what our whole mindset was as a team. I thought we played well (in Game 1). Sometimes the score doesn't tell you the whole picture and we just went back out there and played the same way.»

Dallas' Jake Oettinger stopped 22 shots.

Stars forward Roope Hintz left the ice without putting any weight on his left leg after Edmonton defender Darnell Nurse slashed him on top of his left skate early in the third. Hintz went down to the ice in front of the