Edmonton Oilers battle Dallas Stars in game 1 of the Western final

The Edmonton Oilers are now Canada’s lone team in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

With both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets having been eliminated, the Oilers are the only Canadian-based team still alive. Edmonton is slated to open its best-of-seven Western Conference final versus the Dallas Stars in Texas on Wednesday night.

It’s a rematch of last year’s conference final, which Edmonton won to advance to the Stanley Cup.

Oilers forward Zach Hyman speaks in Dallas ahead of Game 1.

On Monday, Oilers Defenseman Mattias Ekholm participated in his first full team practice since April 11. He’s been ruled out for the first two games and Coach Kris Knoblauch said he was “optimistic” the Swede could return at some point during the series.

Tonight’s puck drop in Dallas is set for 6.