The Edmonton Oilers open the championship series on Saturday night against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla.
Edmonton makes its first Stanley Cup final appearance since 2006, when the Oilers lost in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes, and are four wins from hoisting Lord Stanley’s trophy above their heads 34 years after Edmonton’s last Cup win in 1990.Story continues below advertisement
The Cup final is new territory for Kris Knoblauch in his first season as an NHL head coach, as well as the majority of the Oilers including McDavid., 39, is the Oiler steeped in Cup final experience having played in four. He won in 2007 with the Anaheim Ducks.Adam Henrique , Mattias Ekholm , Mattias Janmark and Brett Kulak played in it, but didn’t win it.
After he was pulled in Game 3 and sat out the next two games of Edmonton’s second-round win over Vancouver, Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner has gone 6-2 with a .920 save percentage and a goals-against average of 1.81.Panama island will soon be forced to evacuate amid rising sea levels
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