At 8:30 ET, my NHL Conference Final GOY is on the Edmonton Oilers. The games are very close right now, in both the East and the West. Three of the last 4 NHL games overall have gone to Overtime. Dallas is a good road team but the advantage provided by playing on home ice absolutely makes a difference. The Oilers are back home in front of their fired up fans and they have the support of an entire country behind them. A mediocre team on the road, the Oilers are 32-10-5 at home.

Edmonton defenseman Mattias Ekholm said this: "We're back in our barn. It's going to be exciting. We're going to try and use the energy from our fans and keep building our game. We ... got our split and we feel good about that, but now it's time to raise our level when we get home and dictate the game."

The last time that the Oilers played here was probably their best game of the playoffs. They stifled the Vancouver Canucks and won 5-1. They will raise their level and take a 2-1 series lead. Play on Edmonton.