After being thoroughly handled over the last two games, the Dallas Stars will look to climb back into the Western Conference finals on Tuesday in Game 4 against the Edmonton Oilers.

EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers are going into Game 5 of the Western Conference Final against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC) with full intentions of ending the best-of-7 series and going to the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive season.

The Dallas Stars are on the verge of a third consecutive elimination in the Western Conference final, and second in a row at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.

Without providing details on the nature of the injury, Kris Knoblauch said Zach Hyman was scheduled to have surgery and was “most likely done” for the remainder of the postseason.

Pete DeBoer and his Dallas Stars are one defeat away from losing back-to-back-to-back Western Conference Finals.

In the world of heavy knee and shin pads, a slash normally doesn’t do enough damage to derail an NHL player; but the slash delivered by Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse in the third period to the lower left leg of Stars center Roope Hintz appeared to do the job of a mob hit. “We didn’t like it,” Stars center Jamie Benn said.