Robertson's hat-trick drives Stars to Game 3 win over Oilers

Jason Robertson's hat-trick goal midway through the third period broke a deadlock and proved to be the eventual winner as the Dallas Stars beat the host Edmonton Oilers 5-3 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final to take a 2-1 series lead.

Jason Robertson's hat-trick goal midway through the third period broke a deadlock and proved to be the eventual winner as the Dallas Stars beat the host Edmonton Oilers 5-3 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final to take a 2-1 series lead.

Robertson's tally at 11:54 came following a broken play, literally, when defenceman Esa Lindell's point shot saw him break his stick, but not before the puck bounced off a pair of Oilers to winger Tyler Seguin.

The winger's backhand pass found Robertson, whose bank shot in tight bounced off the back Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner and into the net.

With Skinner pulled for an extra Oilers attacker, defenceman Miro Keiskanen scored into an empty net for Stars goal No. 5 with 1:52 left to play.

Oilers winger Zach Hyman opened the scoring, deflecting a Connor McDavid shot off his body and past Stars goalie Jake Oettinger 2:02 into the game for his league playoffs-leading 13th goal.

The Oilers struck again five-and-a-half minutes later when defenceman Mattias Ekholm shot the puck on net after skating out from behind the Stars net, with McDavid grabbing the rebound in front of Oettinger to tuck home his fourth goal of the playoffs and a 2-0 Edmonton lead.

Edmonton dominated the first in terms of scoring chances, outshooting Dallas 10-3 in the opening frame, but the Stars managed several good chances, including one less than 30 seconds after McDavid's goal off an Evgenii Dadonov rush that saw Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner stop both the winger and centre Sam Steel in close.