NHL Game Preview: Dallas Stars (13-5-4) vs. Edmonton Oilers (10-9-5)

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Venue & Kickoff

Location: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

Puckdrop: 9:00 PM ET (7:00 PM local)

Broadcast: ESPN+ / Sportsnet

Injury Report

Edmonton Oilers:

Kasperi Kapanen (RW) – Out, lower body

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (C) – Out, undisclosed

Curtis Lazar (C) – Out, upper body

Noah Philp (C) – Out, upper body

Jake Walman (D) – Day-to-day, undisclosed

Dallas Stars:

Matt Duchene (C) – Day-to-day, upper body

Adam Erne (LW) – Out, lower body

Ilya Lyubushkin (D) – Out, undisclosed

Thomas Harley (D) – Out, lower body

Nils Lundkvist (D) – Out, lower body

Player Matchups

Forwards:

Dallas: Mikko Rantanen (10 G, 18 A, 28 PTS) & Jason Robertson (13 G, 15 A, 28 PTS)

Edmonton: Connor McDavid (10 G, 23 A, 33 PTS) & Leon Draisaitl (14 G, 14 A, 28 PTS)

Defensemen:

Dallas: Miro Heiskanen (19 PTS, 38 blocks)

Edmonton: Evan Bouchard (20 PTS, 29 blocks)

Goalies:

Dallas: Jake Oettinger (9-4-2, 2.72 GAA, .902 SV%)

Edmonton: Stuart Skinner (8-6-3, 3.00 GAA, .885 SV%)

Team Recent Form

Dallas Stars:

7-2-1 in last 10 games, averaging 3.8 goals per game

Defense strong: only 2.4 goals allowed per game in last 10

Power play: 29.3% (2nd in NHL)

Edmonton Oilers:

4-4-2 in last 10 games, averaging 3.1 goals per game

Defense shaky: 3.9 goals allowed per game in last 10

Power play: 28.8% (3rd in NHL)

Series History

All-time: Dallas leads 112-77-15-3

Recent: Stars won 4-3 in a shootout on Nov. 4, 2025

2024–25 season: Oilers won playoff series 4-3, including a 6-1 blowout in Game 5

Edmonton has historically been strong at home vs Dallas (5-1 SU in last 6 at Rogers Place)

Betting Trends:

Dallas: 6-2 SU in last 8 games; 1-4 SU in last 5 vs Edmonton

Edmonton: 5-1 SU in last 6 home games vs Dallas; Over in 7 of last 10 overall

Head-to-head: Over has hit in 6 of last 8 meetings

Game Odds

Dallas Stars                         6.5

Edmonton Oilers              – 142

Odds Courtesy of Sports Odds Direct as of Monday, November 24, 2025