Edmonton leads the best-of-7 series 2-1. Game 4 will be here on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN, ESPN+).
“You have to win games different ways. You have to have dominant nights, you have to have nights where maybe your goalie is better than theirs,” McDavid said. “You have to have nights where your special teams gets it done. That wasn’t tonight, although I thought the kill was good.
“Five-on-five has been really good. It’s been our strength all playoffs long, which is maybe new for this group. We’ve relied on the power play for a long time, and for whatever reason it hasn’t been clicking. You have to find ways to win different games different ways, and we did again tonight.”
Hyman also had an assist, Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Evander Kane each had three assists for the Oilers, who are the No. 3 seed from the Pacific Division. Stuart Skinner made 33 saves.
Jason Robertson scored, and Jake Oettinger made 18 saves for the Stars, who are the No. 2 seed from the Central Division. Roope Hintz did not play because of a lower-body injury.
“Tonight, we were without our No. 1 center, we were on the road here in a tough environment. I thought we played a really good hockey game for a good stretch of that game,” Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. “So, there’s nothing to get emotional or upset about. I think you have to be realistic with your group.
“I liked our compete tonight, I liked a lot of parts of our game, and we’ve got to build on that and hopefully get Roope Hintz back and get back in this series.”
Bouchard put the Oilers in front 1-0 at 14:02 of the first period. Nugent-Hopkins skated into the right circle and passed back to Bouchard, who skated into a one-timer that beat a screened Oettinger past his right pad.
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