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Zach Hyman scored twice in a three-point game and Connor McDavid netted a pair of goals to lead the host Edmonton Oilers to a 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars Sunday afternoon and gave them the upper hand in their Western Conference final series.

Evan Bouchard collected one goal and one assist, John Klingberg scored once and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins netted three assists for the Oilers, who have a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 36 saves.

Game 4 of the series will be Tuesday in Edmonton.

Jason Robertson replied for the Stars, who have lost three straight road games. Goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 18 shots.

Dallas was without top-line center Roope Hintz, who was slashed in the foot last game. Hintz briefly took part in the pre-game skate.

Right after the Oilers dodged a bullet when a delay-of-game penalty was not called for a puck shot over the glass, Bouchard opened the scoring at the 14:02 mark with a point shot tally.

McDavid doubled the lead 36 seconds later when he completed an odd-man rush by perfectly executing a give-and-go with Nugent-Hopkins for only his second goal in 11 games.

Dallas has been outscored 9-0 in first periods on the road this postseason.

The Stars had more jump in the second period – outshooting the hosts by a 22-7 mark in the frame – and were finally rewarded with Robertson’s first goal of the playoffs at 15:35 when Lian Bichsel’s shot ricocheted off him and into the net.

It ended their road goal drought at 178 minutes and 57 seconds.

But McDavid restored Edmonton’s two-goal lead with 18.8 seconds left in the period by ending a dominant shift with a top-shelf offering.

Hyman’s breakaway tally at 3:25 of the third period – seconds after the Stars had a litany of golden chances but could not convert – extended the lead to 4-1.

Hyman added another at 12:06 and Klingberg’s late power-play goal rounded out the scoring.

Edmonton forward Connor Brown left the game in the second period after being on the receiving end of a high hit from Alexander Petrovic.

–Field Level Media