Oilers' assistant coach Mark Stuart heads to the Stanley Cup.

Fans of the Winnipeg Jets will now have another dog in the fight.

If the thought of supporting Evander Kane and the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final was a tough pill to swallow, maybe the idea of cheering for Mark Stuart's Edmonton Oilers makes a bit more sense. 

With 28-straight penalties killed, the Oilers are rolling behind Stuart's special teams coaching.

“I’m not taking any credit for this penalty kill,' Oilers' head coach Kris Knoblauch shared following Edmonton's series-winning victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday night. 

"It is Mark Stuart’s job and he’s done a fantastic job. The only thing I will take credit for is giving him that responsibility. I didn’t know Mark at all, but I gave him that job and I don’t think we would be here if it wasn’t for him."

Stuart, who played six years for the Jets following the team's relocation from Atlanta, was a fan-favourite in Winnipeg, and has since taken his talents behind the bench, where he has helped guide the Oilers to the club's first Stanley Cup appearance since 2006.

With fellow Jets bench boss Paul Maurice guiding the Cats to their second-straight Cup Final appearance, and Stuart helping Edmonton to some of the best shut-down defensive hockey imaginable, Jets fans will certainly be scratching their heads at the missed opportunities behind the bench in Winnipeg.

Or at least wonder what exactly went wrong when the combination was a part of the Jets' core.

The drawn-out, best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final begins on Saturday, to which Florida owns home-ice advantage. Games feature two or three-day breaks between, meaning the series would finish on June 24 should it go all seven games.