{"id":483431,"date":"2024-05-24T02:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T06:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=483431"},"modified":"2024-05-24T01:52:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T05:52:02","slug":"edmonton-oilers-edge-dallas-stars-in-double-overtime-thriller","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/edmonton-oilers-edge-dallas-stars-in-double-overtime-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers edge Dallas Stars in double overtime thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Connor McDavid delivered when it mattered most, scoring a double-overtime winner to propel the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference final on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers, who had seen a two-goal lead slip away, found redemption through their captain. McDavid redirected a perfect cross-ice pass from Evan Bouchard just 32 seconds into the second overtime, securing his third goal of the playoffs and a critical win for Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 is set for Saturday in Dallas, where the Oilers will look to build on their momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Hyman also played a crucial role, notching a goal and an assist, while Leon Draisaitl added a goal. Goaltender Stuart Skinner was stellar between the pipes, making 31 saves, including eight during five Dallas power plays. Notably, Skinner stood tall during a double-minor penalty against McDavid in the first overtime.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FjrtjfivDBM?si=HXuvfYO9K_-QzsFv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connor McDavid delivered when it mattered most, scoring a double-overtime winner to propel the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 victory over the Dallas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":483432,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17191,17007],"news_category":[16709,14084],"gn_keywords":[18103,17889],"acf":{"announce":"Connor McDavid's winner clinched Game 1 for Edmonton","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/483431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/483431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483434,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/483431\/revisions\/483434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483431"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=483431"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=483431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}