Tensions were clearly high, and that was on display most at the end of the game when a brawl broke out between the two teams. Stars youngster Lian Bichsel and Oilers veteran Corey Perry exchanged some blows as gloves dropped and officials attempted to stop the action.

Tyler Seguin got control of the puck and headed up the ice, the Dallas Stars forward with his two surgically repaired hips pulling away from a pair of Edmonton Oilers defensemen to score a breakaway goal.

The Dallas Stars aren’t getting shut out on the power play in the Western Conference final against Edmonton this time.

The Oilers head into Friday’s Game 2 of the NHL’s Western Conference final against the Dallas Stars wanting to replicate the first two periods of the opener when they were up 3-1, and bin the last period when the Stars scored five unanswered goals for the 6-3 win.

The Dallas Stars possess a distinct advantage over the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Finals. The Stars have one of the best goalies in the NHL in Ja

NHL GMs vote for the award after the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Dallas Stars have made the Western Conference Final for the third year in a row and feel they’re better than they were a year ago, when they lost to the Edmonton Oilers in six games.