Edmonton Oilers revealed their line combinations before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Edmonton Oilers revealed their line combinations before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
EDMONTON -- It's all or nothing.
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The Edmonton Oilers know what is at stake with tonight's game. They also know all of the pressure is on the Florida Panthers to close out the series on home ice.
The Oilers have all the power in the world tonight. All they need to do is play their game. In Game four they scored several goals off of the rush. Playing fast and creating more rush chances will be a huge part of winning tonight's game.
Further to that point, Meghan Chayka of Stathletes shared an interesting statistic earlier today. For the first eight periods of the series they were able to get Sergei Bobrovsky to move for 3.9% of their shots on goal. That only resulted in two goals.
Over the next four periods (all of Game four and the last period of Game three) Bobrovsky had to face 23.7% of the Oilers shots while in motion. The Oilers scored 10 goals over that span.
Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic reported on Twitter earlier today that there shouldn't be any change to the lines based off of the Oilers optional morning skate. This would also extend to Stuart Skinner being the starting goalie.
The Oilers will do their best to run back Game four. The Panthers will want to close the series on home ice, and be motivated to play a better defensive game.
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Puck drop will be sometime after the 6 PM Mountain Time scheduled start.
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