Oilers Reveal Major Stuart Skinner Decision
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Greg Wyshynski of ESPN reported that the Oilers will be starting backup goaltender Calvin Pickard over starter Stuart Skinner in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This comes after Skinner was pulled in Games 3 and 4. Pickard notably backstopped the team to an overtime victory in Game 4.
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Stuart Skinner was pulled again by the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday.
Despite allowing five goals on 23 shots in Game 3, Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner will get the start in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, coach Kris Knoblauch announced. Skinner has had some issues in this series,
SUNRISE ― Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner was the subject of pre-game mind games from Florida Panthers backup goalie Vitek Vanecek. And it appears to have worked. Just like he did before a Game 3 steamrolling by the Panthers,
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Troy Stecher and Jeff Skinner each will make his debut in the Stanley Cup Final for the Edmonton Oilers against the Florida Panthers in Game 4 at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC).
Stuart Skinner and the Oilers have put last season's Stanley Cup Final loss to the Panthers behind them, and they are ready for the rematch. There have been multiple repeats series in the playoffs for the Oilers already as they took down the Los Angeles Kings and the Dallas Stars en route to the Stanley Cup Final,
Sportsnet and TNT cameras caught Pickard and Skinner in a warm-up staring contest with Panthers backup Vitek Vanecek, which appears to have started when the Florida netminder went over to the centre-ice line to try to throw the Oilers off their game.