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The Panthers realized their opponent for his or her third consecutive journey to the Stanley Cup Remaining on Thursday evening. Florida, which punched its ticket with a Sport 5 win over Carolina on Wednesday, will face the Edmonton Oilers, who clinched the Western Convention remaining with a win over Dallas on Thursday.
The Remaining is a rematch of final 12 months’s championship spherical, which went seven video games earlier than the Panthers gained their first-ever Stanley Cup. The primary recreation shall be on June 4 in Edmonton. Video games 3 and 4 and a possible Sport 6 could be in Dawn.
The Oilers characteristic lots of the similar stars from their run to the Stanley Cup Remaining final 12 months. Famous person Connor McDavid was fourth within the league with 74 assists and notched 100 factors throughout the common season.
McDavid groups with prolific scorer Leon Draisaitl, who led the NHL with 52 regular-season targets and was third within the league with 106 factors.
Edmonton options two of the perfect defensemen within the NHL, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm. Bouchard had 14 targets and 53 assists throughout the common season; his 67 factors ranked fifth amongst defensemen. Ekholm has been out with an undisclosed harm for over a month however returned for Sport 5 in opposition to Dallas on Thursday.
The Oilers will begin goalie Stuart Skinner, who has had an up-and-down run on this postseason. The 26-year-old began the primary two video games of the primary spherical in opposition to the Kings, however after surrendering 11 targets in these video games, Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch benched Skinner in favor of veteran backup Calvin Pickard.
However Pickard suffered an harm two video games into the Oilers’ second-round sequence in opposition to Vegas, and Skinner was thrust again into the beginning function. Since Sport 3 of the second spherical, Skinner has a 5-2 document with a 1.57 targets in opposition to common and a .941 save share coming into Thursday’s recreation.
Right here is the complete Stanley Cup Remaining schedule. All video games are at 8 p.m. and shall be broadcast on TNT.
Wednesday, June 4: Sport 1, Panthers at Oilers
Friday, June 6: Sport 2, Panthers at Oilers
Monday, June 9: Sport 3, Oilers at Panthers
Thursday, June 12: Sport 4, Oilers at Panthers
Saturday, June 14: Sport 5, Panthers at Oilers (if wanted)
Tuesday, June 17: Sport 6, Oilers at Panthers (if wanted)
Friday, June 20: Sport 7, Panthers at Oilers (if wanted)
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