After Wednesday’s end-of-game fireworks, the Stars look to keep the pressure up in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.

Calvin Pickard, a career backup (when not playing in the minors) has more minutes in net than Edmonton’s No. 1 goaltender (Stuart Skinner). The gap could’ve been larger, but Pickard’s injury guaranteed recent starts for Skinner.

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Messier On Oilers, Budweiser, His Future & More EDMONTON – Mark Messier loves Edmonton. One of the best cliches in hockey is the old saying, " We just gotta get pucks in deep.” The Oilers need to do this for several reasons.

The Edmonton Oilers' domination the NHL in the 1980s will be the subject of a doc series from Ryan Reynolds' 'Welcome to Wrexham' maker Maximum Effort.

The Oilers are close to fully healthy in the Western Conference Final. Now the question remains where to slot in the injured players when they return.

In this edition of Friday Four, Michael Amato looks at the storylines from around the Conference Final, including the Oilers goaltending, Wyatt Johnston’s struggles and more.

Ekholm has preached, almost from the time he arrived via trade from Nashville in February 2023, that the Oilers need to be more comfortable playing in their own zone and withstanding opponents’ offensive pressure. The Golden Knights had a couple of sustained stints in the Oilers’ end in Game 5; the Oilers essentially gave up nothing.

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