Additionally, DeBoer is the only head coach in NHL history to lead a franchise to a Conference Finals/Semifinals appearance in his first season as head coach on four separate occasions. * The Stars became the fourth franchise Peter DeBoer has led to a Conference Finals/Semifinals appearance (also VGK, SJS & NJD), a feat accomplished by only one other head coach in NHL history - Scotty Bowman (5 STL, MTL, BUF, PIT & DET). The Stars/North Stars can become just the fourth non-Original Six franchise with six or more Stanley Cup Final appearances - they would join the Flyers (8x last: 2010), Oilers (7x last: 2006) and Penguins (6x last: 2017). * Dallas now sits four wins away from the franchise's sixth berth in the Stanley Cup Final, following 2020, 2000, 1999, 19. JOHNSTON, OETTINGER HELP STARS SECURE CONFERENCE FINALSĪfter Roope Hintz scored his League-leading third game-opening goal of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Wyatt Johnston netted the game winner - and his second series-clinching tally this postseason - while Jake Oettinger made 22 saves to send Dallas to its second Western Conference Final in four years. as well as on Sportsnet, CBC and TVA Sports in Canada. ET and will be broadcast nationally on TNT in the U.S. * The Conference Finals are set to begin Thursday when the Hurricanes welcome the Panthers to PNC Arena. * Dallas is set to face off against Vegas in a rematch of the 2020 Western Conference Final, where the Stars earned a 4-1 series win en route to their first Stanley Cup Final in 20 years.

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