EDMONTON, ALBERTA – MAY 29: Mattias Janmark #13 of the Edmonton Oilers fights with Alexander Petrovic #28 and Esa Lindell #23 of the Dallas Stars during the second period in Game Four of the Western Conference Final of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on May 29, 2024 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
Mattias Janmark and Leon Draisaitl scored in a 51-second span in the second period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Wednesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference final.
Janmark tied it on a short-handed, 2-on-1 break with Connor Brown with 5:29 left in the period, and Draisaitl followed with his 10th of the postseason with 4:38 to go.
Game 5 is Friday night in Dallas.
Ryan McLeod, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm, into a empty net with 1:53 remaining, also scored for Edmonton. Stuart Skinner made 20 saves.
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Wyatt Johnson and Esa Lindell scored as Dallas raced to a 2-0 lead in the first 5 1/2 minutes. McLeod and Bouchard countered for Edmonton late in the period.
The Stars got their second power play with eight minutes left in regulation, but the Oilers killed their 23rd straight penalty before Ekholm put it away with the empty-netter.
Edmonton made three lineup changes, inserting defenseman Philip Broberg along with McLeod and fellow forward Corey Perry for Vincent Desharnais, Warren Foegele, and Sam Carrick.
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Stars defenseman Chris Tanev left in the second period because of a lower-body injury. He didn’t return.
Jake Oettinger stopped 24 shots for Dallas.
