2 h. ago This is what it is going to take for the Oilers to get this Stanley Cup Finals back to Edmonton

I have lost count of how many people have already written the final epilogue of these Stanley Cup Playoffs and picked the Conn Smythe winner. And while I get it, Florida was dominant on Game Five and the Oilers now face elimination last I checked, this is a Best-of-Seven, and not a Best-of-Five. But Edmonton […]

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4 h. ago Game 5: Williams scores 40 points, Thunder one win from NBA title

OKLAHOMA CITY — Jalen Williams scored a career playoff-high 40 points, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 and the Oklahoma City Thunder moved one win from a title by beating the Indiana Pacers 120-109 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. It was the 10th — and by far, the biggest — time […]

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4 h. ago 'This series should be over': swaggering Florida Panthers hockey world sure of victory

How confident are some in Florida Panthers hockey country that their team will take the Stanley Cup. One video making the Panthers social media rounds shows the faces of Panthers player Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov and others super-imposed over the faces of pall bearers carrying a casket on their shoulders with an Edmonton Oilers logo […]

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8 h. ago McDavid talks about Oilers facing possible elimination in Game 6 of Stanley Cup final

"For whatever reason, our group doesn't like to make it easy," Connor McDavid said.

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10 h. ago Lauren Kyle McDavid shares superstitions, how she’ll be watching Game 6

EDMONTON — Lauren Kyle McDavid plans to stand by the fireplace in her downtown Edmonton bar while watching Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. It’s the same spot where she watched her husband — Edmonton Oilers captain and superstar Connor McDavid — stickhandle a puck into a net in Game 5. “It’s a feeling […]

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10 h. ago How much pressure is Connor McDavid under to make sure Oilers Stanley Cup dream stays alive?

Sunrise, Fla. — As the best player on the planet, Connor McDavid is the brightest star, and he would clearly move heaven and earth to drag this Stanley Cup final back to his Edmonton home for a Game 7 and a chance to lift the cherished mug over his head. And as much as we drag […]

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14 h. ago What's up with new and jumbled lines at Edmonton Oilers practice today?

This in from TSN’s Ryan Rishaug at the Edmonton Oilers practice today, some new lines: Lines were a bit jumbled but best guess at today’s formation. Full team skate. Pod (93) McDavid Brown Skinner Draisaitl Kane Frederic Henrique Arvidsson Kapanen Janmark Perry RNH not on ice. 92 place holding Skinner in what was starters net […]

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15 h. ago Edmonton Oilers hope to join elite group of Stanley Cup champions who rallied in Game 6

Game 6 is Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla.

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16 h. ago Edmonton Oilers want early goals to avoid Game 6 elimination in Stanley Cup final

Both teams get a longer breather ahead of Tuesday's Game 6, but the Oilers arguably need more time to top up the tank.

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27 h. ago 'I always hated it': NHL expert blasts Edmonton Oilers for major tactical fail

This in from ESPN’s Ray Ferraro, perhaps the sharpest commentator in hockey, his assessment of the failure of the Edmonton Oilers to cleanly move the puck out of their own end in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. On The Ray & Dregs podcast, Ferraro noted the Oilers often attempted to lob the puck […]

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37 h. ago Edmonton Oilers have no answers for Stanley Cup snipers Bennett, Marchand

If the Florida Panthers close out the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 Tuesday, either Sam Bennett or Brad Marchand will get the most votes for playoff MVP. They’ve been the serial killers in this Stanley Cup Final. Bennett has five goals in the first five games, Marchand has six. They’re the first teammates in 52 […]

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38 h. ago Marchand, Bennett too hot for Oilers to handle in Game 5 of Stanley Cup final

The Florida Panthers' Sam Bennett and Brad Marchand helped the team take a 3 games to 2 lead over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup finals.

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40 h. ago Edmonton Oilers' goalie carousel keeps spinning in Stanley Cup Final

What’s worse than losing in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final? Getting all the way back there the next year, only to lose to the same opponent in Game 6. That very situation is possible in every which way right now for the Edmonton Oilers, who head into Amerant Bank Arena facing an elimination […]

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44 h. ago Edmonton Oilers, national pride a big focus of Canada's marketing movement

If it feels like you’re seeing more advertisements promoting Canadian products, services and businesses while out and about lately, that’s because for the past several months, all things Canada have had a bit of a moment in the world of marketing. Marketers tend to hop from trend to trend, attracting the eyes of consumers by […]

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49 h. ago In their search for a Stanley Cup the Edmonton Oilers are facing a daunting sequel: 9 Things

Well It all comes down to this. After an agonizing summer, a grinding regular season and a post-season filled with sparkling highs and numbing lows the Edmonton Oilers are right back where they started twelve months ago With their backs against the wall, facing elimination versus the Florida Panthers. Will the sequel end the same […]

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53 h. ago Nightmare on Oilers Street as Panthers plunge a dagger into Edmonton

If all the first periods in this Stanley Cup Final were pieced together to make a bad horror movie — Panther Mauling I: Bleeding The Oil — Edmonton would be the clueless teenagers at summer camp and Florida would be the guy in the mask waiting to plunge home another machete. Saturday’s win in Game […]

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53 h. ago Player grades: Florida Panthers dead puck Edmonton Oilers to death in 5

After four high-flying games in the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers played their best smothering, dead puck game, throttling the Edmonton Oilers at most every turn in a 5-2 win. It was the lowest event hockey game of the year for Edmonton, hardly any Grade A shots at all. One big difference in the […]

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60 h. ago Calvin Pickard puts perfect playoff record on the line in crucial Stanley Cup Final start for Edmonton Oilers

After pulling the Edmonton Oilers out of the fire in Game 4, goalie Calvin Pickard is getting the nod to make the first Stanley Cup Final start of his career in Game 5. Pickard was sent in to relieve Stuart Skinner after the Oilers fell behind 3-0 in the first period of Thursday’s game, making […]

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3 d. ago 'Pure garbage': Panthers fanbase rants about Skinner hold, say it proves refs biased against Florida

Florida fans and commentators are crying foul just now about the refereeing in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. When I first heard the complaints I admit I was mystified, but there was clearly a storm out of Florida over an alleged holding infraction by Oilers forward Jeff Skinner. Panthers fans claimed the penalty […]

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3 d. ago NBA : le Thunder se sauve avec le match dans les dernières minutes

Une fois de plus porté par les exploits de Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, le Thunder d’Oklahoma City a égalé la série finale de la NBA.

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