The Hurricanes are getting hammered by the Panthers and some serious deja vu, while the Oilers and Stars renew hostilities tonight in Dallas.

LAST NIGHT'S ACTION

FLORIDA PANTHERS 5 CAROLINA HURRICANES 2 (Panthers lead series 1-0)

The Panthers sent a pretty solid message last night that they're a serious threat to repeat as champs, hammering the Carolina Hurricanes by a score of 5-2. Sergei Bobrovsky was the difference maker here, stopping 31 Carolina shots for the victory. A.J. Greer's second period marker would stand up as the winner. They also got PPG's from Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett. Sebastian Aho and Jackson Blake on the power play scored for the Canes. The game was physical, including an incident involving Brad Marchand (gasp!) that saw him ejected from the game (again, gasp!) after fighting Shayne Gostisbehere, but after watching the video multiple times, I think I agree with Marchand (plot twist gasp!) when he yells out "What the fuck?!?!?"

TONIGHT'S ACTION

EDMONTON OILERS vs DALLAS STARS

AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, DALLAS, TX

5:00 PM PST/ 8:00 PM EST

TV: SPORTSNET, CBC

In a rematch of last year's Western Conference Finals, both of these teams made some lineup tweaks during the season in preparation for a Cup run. The Stars addressed a need for more scoring, and came up big when they acquired Mikko Rantanen from Carolina. Edmonton tried to fix their defence by adding former Dallas D John Klingberg. Okay. Is this the series where their goaltending luck finally runs out? Anyone with a rudimentary hockey knowledge would take Jake Oettinger over Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard. So watch for the Oilers take a page from Florida's playbook in the last round and go out of their way to make contact with Oettinger. With guys like Corey Perry and Evander Kane in the lineup, you simply can't say it won't happen.

OILERS (3P) at STARS (2C)

Western Conference Final, Game 1

8 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen

Evander Kane -- Adam Henrique -- Connor Brown

Trent Frederic -- Mattias Janmark -- Corey Perry

Brett Kulak -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Troy Stecher

Jake Walman -- John Klingberg

Stuart Skinner

Olivier Rodrigue

Scratched: Viktor Arvidsson, Joshua Brown, Cam Dineen, Ty Emberson, Max Jones, Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner

Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Calvin Pickard (lower body)

Stars projected lineup

Mikael Granlund -- Roope Hintz -- Mikko Rantanen

Jason Robertson -- Matt Duchene -- Wyatt Johnston

Mason Marchment -- Sam Steel -- Tyler Seguin

Jamie Benn -- Oskar Back -- Evgenii Dadonov

Thomas Harley -- Miro Heiskanen

Esa Lindell -- Cody Ceci

Lian Bichsel -- Alexander Petrovic

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Colin Blackwell, Mathew Dumba, Ilya Lyubushkin, Brendan Smith

Injured: Nils Lundkvist (shoulder)

ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS (1-1) vs COLORADO EAGLES (1-1)

BLUE ARENA, LOVELAND, CO

6:05 PDT/ 9:05 EDT

RADIO: SPORTSNET 650 TV: FLOHOCKEY.TV

Game Three of the Pacific Division Finals goes tonight, as the Canucks are in Loveland, CO to take on the Eagles. Abbotsford is looking to bounce back from a 5-3 loss on Saturday night, one that saw Sammy Blais get 18 minutes in penalties and a game misconduct in the second period. The remaining games of this series will be in Colorado, so the Canucks will likely need to do what they have yet been able to accomplish in the postseason so far, and that's score a road power play goal. The PP has looked very good at home so far, and breaking through here against the Eagles could help them regain the series lead tonight.

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

FAITH NO MORE changed everything when they released 'The Real Thing' in 1990, and for me this album was bigger than any of the so called grunge scene at the time. And while songs like 'Epic' and 'Falling To Pieces' were the big hits, it was the deep cuts on the album that hit the hardest nowadays. Case in point, the heaviest damn song they ever wrote (and one that can go toe to toe with the best of them), the vicious 'Surprise! You're Dead!'. It's been covered by REVOCATION (who managed to make it stupidly heavier, in a good way), but I had forgotten that the band had made a video for this track until I stumbled across it this morning.