The Edmonton Oilers return to Rogers Place for the third game of the third round after tying the series 1-1 at the American Airlines Centre. Game 2 ended with a 3-0 final score, Stuart Skinner recorded his third shutout in four starts.

As a series shifts north from one oil patch to another, it arrives in Edmonton with an extra dose of crude, thanks to the whack heard ‘round the West. Mark Spector digs into Darnell Nurse's unwillingness to shy away.

Dallas Stars fans, coaches, and players are expressing outrage over what they perceive as biased treatment from the NHL after Darnell Nurse's slash on Roope Hintz resulted in only a minor penalty. Hintz's injury and subsequent exit from the game have fueled accusations of a double standard in the league's disciplinary actions.

Knoblauch pushed back against comments from the Dallas Stars after Roope Hintz's injury in Game 2 from a Darnell Nurse slash.

In the world of heavy knee and shin pads, a slash normally doesn’t do enough damage to derail an NHL player; but the slash delivered by Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse in the third period to the lower left leg of Stars center Roope Hintz appeared to do the job of a mob hit. “We didn’t like it,” Stars center Jamie Benn said.

Following Darnell Nurse's controversial slash on Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer ignited further debate by suggesting Connor McDavid would

The Edmonton Oilers evened up their series with the Dallas Stars on Friday and one ugly moment from the game could have a big impact on the rest of the series going forward. It also left Stars coach Pete DeBoer fuming in his postgame press conference.