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Yardbarker on MSNStars Need Jake Oettinger to Be Their X-Factor to Get Past the OilersThe Dallas Stars are set to face the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Final for the second straight season. This is the Stars’ third consecutive trip to the Western Conference Final, and they will be looking to return to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2020.
On the eve of the Western Conference Final between the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers, goaltender Jake Oettinger delivered a blunt statement to Connor McDavid and company reminding them of last year's series.
The 26-year-old’s performance reached a crescendo when he swallowed a Mason Appleton shot with his chest in the third period.
It was amid chaotic, visceral, unadulterated joy that Mason Marchment thought of one of the saddest moments in his life and one of the saddest moments in someone elses.
Jake Oettinger had one of the saves of the year during the third period against the Jets before the Stars won Game 6.
Oettinger racked up 31 saves, but Benn’s altercation with Mark Scheifele was the most memorable part of a difficult night for Dallas.