• Dallas Stars Face Off Against the Vegas Golden Knights in Rematch of 2020 Conference Final
• The Point Presented Regularly Throughout the Western Conference Final
• Quest for the Stanley Cup Docuseries Continues May 19 on ESPN+
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The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs presented by GEICO continue with the Western Conference Final on Friday, May 19, on ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes, featuring the Dallas Stars at Vegas Golden Knights at 8:30 p.m. ET.

The Golden Knights clinched their fourth appearance in the Western Conference Final since their inaugural season, becoming only the third franchise in NHL history to advance to the round before the Stanley Cup Final at least four times within their first six seasons. Vegas will again look to the scoring of Jack Eichel, Mark Stone and Jonathan Marchessault, who delivered a natural hat trick in Game 6 to eliminate the Edmonton Oilers – the first by a Golden Knights player in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Stars top line of Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz and Joe Pavelski were difficult to contain in Dallas’ second round series against the Seattle Kraken, and will again try to push the pace against the Golden Knights. Goaltender Jake Oettinger, who was pulled early in a Game 6 loss, will aim to replicate his Game 7 outing in which he bounced back with a 21-save performance, gave up only one goal and improved to 24-2-3 this season in games after a loss.

The teams previously met in the conference finals in 2020, when the Stars eliminated the Golden Knights in five games, and Dallas’ current coach Peter DeBoer was the coach for the Golden Knights.

ESPN’s NHL-focused studio show, The Point, will be presented regularly throughout the Western Conference Final. New episodes of In The Crease stream exclusively on ESPN+ each game day, following the last game of the day, with in-depth analysis, interviews and highlights. Additionally, all Stanley Cup Playoff games are available for on-demand replay on ESPN+ within 24 hours of each game’s completion.

The commentators and telecast details for each game are detailed below.

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*Commentator assignments and studio show times may be subject to change.

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