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.
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,
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.
EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers have not decided on their starting goalie for when their season is on the line in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC).
It's crunch time for the Edmonton Oilers as they now face elimination in the Stanley Cup Final for the second-straight season.
Following a Game 3 defeat in the Stanley Cup Final, Edmonton Oilers fans are unfairly blaming goaltender Stuart Skinner. Despite criticism, Skinner isn't the core issue; the Oilers' defensive system is failing,