“He means everything. He’s a workhorse. He’s a dog on a bone on the puck,” Oilers forward Corey Perry said.

The Edmonton Oilers took a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference final after a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 4 on Tuesday. Edmonton overcame the loss of Zach Hyman to injury early in the first period and secured its third straight win in the series.

The Edmonton Oilers are one win from returning to the Stanley Cup Final, a spot they’ve been targeting since their heartbreaking Game 7 loss a year ago.

Draisaitl opened the scoring in the first period on the power play for a 1-0 edge going into intermission before Stars left wing Jason Robertson tied the game at one 6:57 into the second.