Hockey is a fickle sport, and so few get to reach the pinnacle and have a chance to hoist Lord Stanley’s Mug. So when an opportunity presents itself to have a chance to do so, it’s hard not to relish in it.
If the pressure is on the Edmonton Oilers, they are doing everything possible to alleviate those feelings in anticipation of Thursday's Stanley Cup Final home clash with the Florida Panthers.
What should you expect from the next two bouts between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers?
The Stanley Cup Final has shifted to Edmonton. The Florida Panthers took Games 1 and 2 and now the Oilers will look to bring themselves back into the series on home ice.
Connor McDavid is confident the Oilers can break through vs. the Panthers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday. "We usually solve penalty kills," he said.
The status of Evander Kane is up in the air ahead of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Kane, who has battled injury throughout the playoffs, was one of the first Oilers on the ice Wednesday at Rogers Place, but after a minutes-long conversation with head coach Kris Knoblauch, he left the ice.
The Stanley Cup Final heads to Edmonton. The location swap paired with a few games worth of data helps chart our expectations to power a few prop looks in this one.
In a Stanley Cup Final with big-name players on both sides, Evan Rodrigues has emerged as a pleasant surprise. Does that make him worth putting money on ahead of Game 3?
Warren Foegele was given a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for a knee-on-knee hit in Game of the Stanley Cup Final. The forward wasn’t served any supplemental discipline on the play and could be back in the lineup for Game 3 as the Edmonton Oilers try to get back in the series, down 2-0.
Even though it happened two days ago, people are still talking about the hit that saw two of the best players in the NHL collide. It was revealed on Tuesday that Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl was not going to receive any supplemental discipline for his on Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Edmonton Oilers are swimming upstream as they head home for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday. Already down 2-0 in the series, the roster saw changes going into Game 2 where head coach Kris Knoblauch made Cody Ceci a healthy scratch for the first time in his career as an Oiler.
With the Edmonton Oilers on the biggest stage in the hockey world, a lot of the attention is focused on their star players. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl drive the headlines, get all the clips in the highlight reels, and most of the interview requests.
The Department of Player Safety issued its only punishment from Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, fining Edmonton Oilers’ forward Sam Carrick the maximum allowable for slashing Florida Panthers’ defenseman Dmitry Kulikov.
The Edmonton Oilers lost 4-1 to the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final Monday night, giving the Panthers a 2-0 series lead and pushing the Oilers further away from winning their sixth championship in franchise history.
Several reports out of the morning skate and based upon comments made after by players and the coaching staff will see a couple of lineup changes for the Edmonton Oilers heading into Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.
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