Peter DeBoer is an excellent coach. In Game 7, he’s unbeatable, but in the playoffs, he’s unable to make his team’s run count. Again this season, his team fell short in the conference final. That’s happened six times since 2019.

Oettinger let up three goals in the opening nine minutes of the first period and DeBoer pulled him off the ice to insert his backup (who did not fare much better). After the game

After hard-fought series wins over the Colorado Avalanche in Round 1 and the Central Division champion Winnipeg Jets in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Dallas Stars simply had no answer for the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference finals.