And while there aren’t many teams — if any — in the NHL that can match the offensive upside of the Oilers, the Stars can come close. They are a deep team up front, but they also have arguably the best player in the playoffs so far in Mikko Rantanen.

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For the Stars, it’s a shift from the 11 forwards and seven defencemen deployment they ran when Heiskanen returned to the lineup against the Winnipeg Jets. At the time, they had Johnston and Robertson as the duo without a winger, rotating guys through that spot.