DALLAS - Connor McDavid's goal and assists, Corey Perry, 40, scored again, and the Edmonton Oilers will reach the Stanley Cup final for the second straight time as they beat the Dallas star 6-3 in Game 5 Thursday night to end the Western Conference Final.
Edmonton scored on his first two shots and led 3-0 in the first 8:07 to eliminate the Western Conference Finals star for the second straight year, this time with a few games.
After a seven-game series last June, the Oilers are now again in the match against defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Game 1 was Wednesday night in Edmonton. This is the twelfth rematch in Stanley Cup playoff history and the first since 2009 (Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings). Odds Maker will be the champion for the title, and the Panthers and the Oilers won the -110 title on Thursday on ESPN BET.
Mattias Janmark, Jeff Skinner, Evander Kane and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for Edmonton's goals, and the last few seconds were empty networks. Leon Draisaitl and Jake Walman each had two assists.
Jason Robertson scored twice, and Roope Hintz aimed at the star, who ended his season in the Western Conference Finals for the third consecutive year. Wyatt Johnston and Thomas Harley each had two assists.
Dallas beat 3-2 when Harley was blocked by Mattias Ekholm, the Oilers’ defensive player, and its first playoff game. Oilers captain McDavid beat goalkeeper Casey Desmith 5:32 with 5:32 left in the second stage.
Desmith took over Net after goalkeeper Jake Oettinger was pulled to the game in the game in the first place in Janmark's goal, which brought the game to the game only 7:09.
Edmonton goalkeeper Stuart Skinner has 14 saves. Desmith, who has not played since the first game against Colorado in the first round since April 26, stopped 17 of his 20 goals.
Perry scored with the assistance of McDavid and Draisaitl, with only 2:31 in the game. In a playoff, his seven goals were the most for any player aged 39 or older, and the 2007 Stanley Cup champion with Anaheim at the age of 22, he will make his fifth final in the past six seasons.
That was McDavid's 100th assist in 90 playoff games, the second fastest player in NHL history to reach that point. Wayne Gretzky scored 100 assists in his first 70 playoff games, and no other player succeeded in less than 125 games.
Robertson scored a minute in the third stage, bringing the stars into the goal again. Kane then scored on Dallas defensive player Esa Lindell's ice rink and past Desmith's batting.
Jeff Skinner, a 33-year-old striker, has played 1,078 regular season games with three teams in 15 years, scoring his first professional playoff goal. His playoff debut came in the first round opener against Los Angeles on April 21, but until Thursday, the Oilers' uninjured forwards Zach Hyman and Connor Brown.
This report uses information from ESPN's David Purdum and the Associated Press.