First, if you haven’t joined our NHL Bracket Challenge ... We’ll start with the Western Conference today, since it has the first two games of the playoffs kicking off tonight.

The Dallas Stars will try to stave off elimination when they host Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers in Game 5 of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs Western ... conference finals of the 2025 NHL ...

The Oilers, last year's Stanley Cup runners-up, are back in the Western Conference ... suffered one loss since. The NHL hasn't yet announced when the conference finals will get underway.

NHL conference finals feature the Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars. Check out all-time records now.

The Stars and Oilers met in last year's conference finals, and the Hurricanes and Panthers met in 2023. What has changed since then?

It’s no wonder that everyone is just treating the rest of the Western Conference finals as a coronation for the Oilers. There’s no getting around the fact that Edmonton has been the best team ...

Read our editorial standards for more information. The Edmonton Oilers evened up the Western Conference finals with a 3-0 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 2 on Friday night. It was the third ...

If the NHL playoffs' conference finals look familiar, it's because both series are a repeat of recent matchups. The Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers met in last season's Western Conference finals.