NHL

Edmonton still one win away from the final

The Edmonton Oilers are on the verge of reaching the Stanley Cup final for the first time in 18 years in the North American Ice Hockey League (NHL). In game five of the Western Conference Final, the Canadians beat the Dallas Stars 3:1 away from home and now lead the series 3:2.

The Oilers can now seal the deal in front of a home crowd at Rogers Place on Monday night.

Neither the Oilers nor the Stars managed to score a goal in overtime in the first four games of the series. That would change in game five: Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored on a rebound after a shot by Evan Bouchard to take the lead in the first period (15th). It was also the forward who followed up at the start of the second period - again in a power play - after an assist from Leon Draisaitl (22'). This was assist number 17 in the current play-offs for the German.

Broberg provides the preliminary decision
Just four minutes later, Philip Broberg made the preliminary decision with the first play-off goal of his career. The Swede scored a dream goal from the blue line (26'). The Stars were unable to score more than Wyatt Johnston's goal in the third period (55).