Stanley Cup playoffs daily: Who wins Game 6 of Stars-Jets?

The Dallas Stars were successful presumption to triumph their bid against the Winnipeg Jets successful Game 5 connected Thursday; instead, the Jets blanked them 4-0, extending their postseason by astatine slightest 1 much game.

That crippled is Saturday successful Dallas (8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN+). Will the Stars punch their summons to the Western Conference finals -- and a rematch against the Edmonton Oilers? Or volition the Jets unit a Game 7 backmost connected location crystal Monday?

Read connected for a game preview with statistical insights from ESPN Research, a recap of what went down successful Friday's crippled and the three stars of Friday from Arda Öcal.

Matchup notes

Dallas Stars astatine Winnipeg Jets
Game 6 | 8 p.m. ET | ABC/ESPN+

With a 3-2 pb successful the series, the Stars are -380 to win, per ESPN BET; the Jets are +290 to instrumentality the series. Dallas is +325 to triumph the Stanley Cup, portion Winnipeg is +2200.

Including the bid that person been completed this year, teams that person led 3-1 successful a playoff bid are 23-1 since 2023 (the lone loser was the Bruins against the Panthers successful the 2023 archetypal round).

Can Connor Hellebuyck subordinate his nightmarish road/home divided this postseason? He has gone 6-1 astatine location successful the playoffs, with a 1.73 goals-against mean and .916 prevention percentage; he's 0-5 connected the road, with a 5.84 GAA and .793 SV%.

Kyle Connor has been a reliable root of scoring for Winnipeg, with 16 points successful 12 games. His 1.33 points-per-game complaint is the 3rd highest successful a azygous postseason by an American-born subordinate (minimum 10 games played), down Jake Guentzel successful 2018 (1.75) and Brian Leetch successful 1995 (1.40).

Mikko Rantanen leads the goal- and point-scoring races this postseason, with 9 goals and 19 points. His recently formed enactment with Mikael Granlund and Roope Hintz has outscored opponents 7-2 successful 108:34 of crystal clip together.

Stars goalie Jake Oettinger has gone 17-6 with a 2.03 GAA and .924 SV% (with 1 shutout) successful 23 vocation postseason games pursuing a loss.

Öcal's 3 stars from Friday

1. Auston Matthews
C, Toronto Maple Leafs

No. 34 scored the archetypal extremity of the crippled successful the 3rd period, which counts arsenic the game-winner. It was his archetypal extremity against the Panthers -- and archetypal against immoderate squad beyond the archetypal circular -- successful his postseason career.

2. Maple Leafs changeable blockers

The Leafs blocked 31 shots successful this game, including immoderate cardinal moments precocious successful the 3rd period, preserving a shutout for Joseph Woll and unit a Game 7. This was Woll's archetypal vocation postseason shutout, and helium got tons of assistance from his friends.

3. Max Pacioretty
LW, Toronto Maple Leafs

Pacioretty was liable for the security extremity successful the 3rd period, his 3rd of the postseason arsenic the seasoned continues his quest for his archetypal Stanley Cup.

Friday's recap

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Florida Panthers 0
Series tied 3-3 | Game 7 Sunday

With a travel to the Eastern Conference finals astatine involvement for the Panthers -- and a continuation of the playoff tally connected the enactment for the Leafs -- the 2 teams remained scoreless done 2 periods, with memorable saves by some goaltenders. At 6:20 of the 3rd period, Toronto skipper Auston Matthews scored his archetypal extremity of the series, and that would beryllium to beryllium each the squad needed for the W; Max Pacioretty's extremity astatine 14:17 added immoderate reassurance. After a Game 5 he'd similar to forget, Joseph Woll stopped each 22 shots helium faced. The 2 teams caput backmost to Toronto for Game 7 Sunday. Full recap.

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Max Pacioretty backhands a clutch extremity for Leafs

Max Pacioretty scores Toronto's 2nd extremity of the 3rd play to springiness them a 2-0 pb successful a must-win Game 6 vs. Florida.