🛢️ Away Oilers 0-0 in series
3–5
Final
EDM leads 4–3
⭐ Home Stars 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Oilers at Stars — First Round Game 1

Stars, First Round Game 1, beat Oilers 5–3 at American Airlines Center on April 16, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Apr 16, 1997 · 19:00 CDT 📍 American Airlines Center, Dallas 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

EDM vs DAL · EDM leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–5
Final · DAL
Game 2
4–0
Final · EDM
Game 3
3–4
OT · EDM
Game 4
4–3
Final · DAL
Game 5
1–0
OT · EDM
Game 6
3–2
Final · DAL
Game 7
4–3
OT · EDM

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⭐ DAL
Brent Gilchrist
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
2nd star ⭐ DAL
Jere Lehtinen
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star ⭐ DAL
Grant Ledyard
2 A
1 shots · -1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM DAL⭐
23 Shots on goal 29
10 Penalty minutes 6
EDM shooting 13.0% (3/23) DAL shooting 17.2% (5/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Curtis Joseph
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:50 TOI
⭐Stars
Andy Moog
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 41-31-10 (50% win rate, 82 games)
Stars
Stars — tied after 1st: 53-23-6 (65% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 2nd: 41-31-10 (50% win rate, 82 games)
Stars
Stars — tied after 2nd: 53-23-6 (65% win rate, 82 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 31, 1997
⭐DAL @ 🛢️EDM
3–1 · Stars won
Mar 7, 1997
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
1–2 · Stars won
Feb 23, 1997
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
1–6 · Stars won
Nov 17, 1996
⭐DAL @ 🛢️EDM
7–3 · Stars won
Apr 10, 1996
⭐DAL @ 🛢️EDM
4–2 · Stars won

❓ EDM vs DAL, answered

Who won Oilers vs Stars on April 16, 1997?

Stars won 5–3.

What was the final score of Oilers vs Stars?

The final score was Oilers 3, Stars 5.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Stars goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Stars played?

At American Airlines Center in Dallas, the Stars home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🛢️Oilers
Previous game · Apr 12
🛢️EDM @ 🐋VAN
4–5 · VAN won
Next game · Apr 18
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
4–0 · EDM won
⭐Stars
Previous game · Apr 13
🪶CHI @ ⭐DAL
5–2 · CHI won
Next game · Apr 18
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
4–0 · EDM won
Also on April 16, 1997
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
2–0 final
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
0–6 final
🌵PHX @ 🦆ANA
2–4 final
Oilers season page Stars season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule