Connor Brown scored after getting hit in the mouth by a skate, Stuart Skinner made 25 saves for his third shutout of the postseason and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 in Game 2 on Friday night to even the Western Conference final.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist to help the Edmonton Oilers tie the Western Conference Final series 1-1 with a 3-0 win against the Dallas Stars in Game 2 at American Airlines Center on Friday. The Stars had won seven straight home games after losing their first game of the postseason to the Colorado Avalanche.

The Western Conference Final marches on as it heads back to Edmonton for Game 3. The Stars won Game 1 on their home ice, but the Oilers bounced back in Game 2,

While the Stars’ side was peppered with postgame questions about the slash against Roope Hintz, the Oilers mostly took questions around the performance of goalie Stuart Skinner, who shut down 25 shots on goal from Dallas en route to his third shutout win in Edmonton’s last four games. See what the Oilers had to say after Game 2 below.

Stuart Skinner makes 25 saves for his third shutout of the playoffs as the Oilers earn the split in Dallas on Friday night with a 3-0 victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final

Calvin Pickard, a career backup (when not playing in the minors) has more minutes in net than Edmonton’s No. 1 goaltender (Stuart Skinner). The gap could’ve been larger, but Pickard’s injury guaranteed recent starts for Skinner.

On Saturday, Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch pushed back on suggestions that Connor McDavid receives special treatment from NHL officials, after Stars head coach Pete DeBoer questioned the decision not to eject Nurse for slashing Hintz in Game 2.