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.
The Florida Panthers are one win away from winning the Stanley Cup in back-to-back years. Thanks to an unbelievable performance from Brad Marchand, the Panthers cruised to a 5-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 5 on Saturday night.
Brad Marchand scored again for Florida, and joined Mario Lemieux as the only players in the past half-century to score five-plus goals in a final multiple times.
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).
Edmonton is benching Stuart Skinner in favor of Calvin Pickard for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final as the series shifts back to Canada. None of this is all too surprising. Skinner has been good, not great this postseason (2.99 goals against average, 89.1 save percentage) and was downright awful in Game 4.
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Yardbarker on MSNDespite benching, we might not have seen the last of Oilers goalkeeperEdmonton Oilers goalkeeper Stuart Skinner's topsy-turvy 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs continued on Saturday when Oilers head coached Kris Knoblauch confirmed Calvin Pickard will start in net during a pivotal Stanley Cup Final Game 5 against the Florida Panthers.
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