Schedule and 2024-25 Results
Regular Season Records: Dallas 50-26-6=106pts, Edmonton 48-29-5=101pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 21 May: Edmonton loses at Dallas, 6-goals-3
Game 2 on Friday, 23 May: Edmonton wins at Dallas, 3-goals-nil
Game 3 on Sunday, 25 May: Dallas loses at Edmonton, 6-goals-1
Game 4 on Tuesday, 27 May: Dallas loses at Edmonton, 4-goals-1
Game 5 on Thursday, 29 May: Edmonton wins at Dallas, 6-goals-3

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Edmonton Oilers visited and defeated the Dallas Stars 6-goals-3 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1597 victory. With the series 1597 win, the Edmonton Oilers improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 39-18 overall and 9-3 in the Semifinals round. With the series 1597 loss, the Dallas Stars see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 25-19 overall and 3-5 in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Edmonton Oilers in series 1597 was LWWWW: Series 1597 thus becomes the eleventh NHL Semifinals-round series, the 43rd NHL series (all rounds), and the 78th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Irrespective of previous game outcomes and of rounds, the Edmonton Oilers with their series 1597 Game 5 victory in Dallas now have a five-Game 5 winning streak to go with their nine-Game 4 winning streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series. The series 1597 victory by the Edmonton Oilers sets up series 1598 as a rematch of the 2024 NHL Finals between the champion Florida Panthers and the finalist Edmonton Oilers. As the last NHL team to be eliminated from the 2025 NHL playoffs prior to the Finals, the Dallas Stars may be recognized as having achieved 2025 NHL Bronze.

After Game 4: The Edmonton Oilers hosted and bested the Dallas Stars 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1597 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Edmonton Oilers have a series record of 17-1 (with an active eight-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 12-6 (with an active four-Game 5 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 0-11 and a Game 5 record of 7-4 (with an active four-Game 5 winning streak). With their series 1597 Game 4 victory, the Edmonton Oilers now have an active nine-Game 4 winning streak irrespective of round and Games 1-3 outcomes in best-of-7 NHL playoff series. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Edmonton Oilers sustained their sole series loss to the Los Angeles Kings, in series 533 (in the 1989 NHL Preliminary round).

After Game 3: The Edmonton Oilers hosted and defeated the Dallas Stars 6-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1597 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Edmonton Oilers have a series record of 21-3 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 16-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 7-11 and a Game 4 record of 11-7. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Edmonton Oilers suffered one of their three series losses to the Dallas Stars (in series 877, in the 2003 NHL Preliminary round). The series 1597 Game 3 loss by Dallas ends their five-Game 3 winning streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series irrespective of round and Games 1-2 outcome.

After Game 2: The Edmonton Oilers visited and shut out the Dallas Stars 3-goals-nil to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1597 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 14-9 and a Game 3 record of 10-13 (with an active four-Game 3 winning streak), while the Edmonton Oilers have a series record of 21-7 and a Game 3 record of 17-11. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series (from 1939 through the 2025 NHL Quarterfinals, inclusive), teams such as the Dallas Stars which post a WL @ HH win/site order through two games, with the loss by shutout, have a 10-14 (.417) series record. The Dallas Stars sustained one of those 14 losses, to the Edmonton Oilers in series 728 (in the 1997 NHL Preliminary round). The Dallas Stars achieved one of those 10 wins, over the Edmonton Oilers in series 758 (in the 1998 NHL Quarterfinals).

After Game 1: The Dallas Stars hosted and defeated the Edmonton Oilers 6-goals-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1597 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 15-3 and a Game 2 record of 10-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Edmonton Oilers have a series record of 14-15 and a Game 2 record of 17-12. The Dallas Stars trailed the visiting Edmonton Oilers by two goals as late as 0:31 into the third period of their series 1597 Game 1, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2024, inclusive, home teams down two goals as late as 0:31 into the third period had a game record of only 36-393 (.084) - the Dallas Stars thus achieve a grade-A (.000 - .099) in-game comeback via their series 1597 Game 1 victory.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2024-25 NHL regular season, the Dallas Stars finished five points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers. From 1939 through the 2025 NHL Quarterfinals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by five regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 32-19 (.627) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1597 is the 44th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Dallas Stars, and the 57th for the Edmonton Oilers. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Dallas Stars have an all-rounds series record of 25-18, a Semifinals-round series record of 3-4, and a Game 1 record of 18-25, while the Edmonton Oilers have an all-rounds series record of 38-18, a Semifinals-round series record of 8-3, and a Game 1 record of 27-29. Series 1597 is the eighth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Dallas Stars and the Edmonton Oilers. In their previous seven best-of-7 NHL playoff series meetings, the Dallas Stars won five of them, with the Edmonton Oilers prevailing in the first of them (in series 728, in the 1997 NHL Preliminary round) and in the most recent (in series 1564, in the 2024 NHL Semifinals) of them.