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Edmonton Oilers are searching for answers down 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl had 28 points through the Edmonton Oilers' first three rounds of the playoffs, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 20 and Zach Hyman had 18. Through the first three games of the Stanley Cup Final, they have not a single goal or assist between them. ...
Edmonton Oilers' frustration builds with 3-0 deficit in the Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Unable to complete a third-period comeback, the Edmonton Oilers find themselves on the brink of elimination despite arguably being the better team in two of the first three games of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. Coach Kris Knoblauch...
Barkov back on ice for the Panthers, who lead Stanley Cup Final thanks to scoring from unsung heroes
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Paul Maurice was in a much better mood Wednesday. The Florida Panthers coach admitted the previous day that he was “grumpy” after Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, despite a dominant victory over the Edmonton Oilers that gave his team a 2-0 series lead. ...
Oilers' Draisaitl avoids suspension, Panthers' Barkov could play in Stanley Cup Final Game 3
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Leon Draisaitl is eligible to play for Edmonton in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night after avoiding a possible suspension. Time will tell on two other key players in the series. Florida captain Aleksander Barkov's status is the biggest...
Panthers now 2 wins from the Stanley Cup, top Oilers 4-1 for 2-0 lead in title series
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl knocked Florida's Aleksander Barkov out of the game. The Panthers made sure they responded by landing the bigger blow. And the Stanley Cup Final took a heated turn Monday night. Evan Rodrigues had a pair of third-period...
McDavid, Draisaitl and the Oilers hope to avoid Stanley Cup Final frustration
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Leon Draisaitl is nothing if not self-aware. Before the Stanley Cup Final, the versatile Edmonton Oilers forward acknowledged he's a good hockey player and has a special skillset that makes him that way. The day after he and Connor McDavid lost their...
Edmonton Oilers vs. Florida Panthers is a Stanley Cup Final of teams far apart in every way
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — By the time he was old enough to watch NHL games growing up in Sweden, Oliver Ekman-Larsson began dreaming about playing in the Stanley Cup Final. Now he's here, a member of the Florida Panthers in a series against the Edmonton Oilers that marks the furthest...
Calm and steadfast, Kris Knoblauch steers Edmonton out of an awful start to the Stanley Cup Final
When Kris Knoblauch became coach of the Edmonton Oilers, they had lost 10 of their first 13 games and the Stanley Cup was the last thing anyone on the team was talking about. Since then, no team in the NHL has won more games and Knoblauch is a big reason they are in the final. It...
Ekblad, Reinhart, Draisaitl and Bennett were drafted together. They'll now play for the Cup together
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — This seems so fitting. It was 10 years ago this month when Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart, Leon Draisaitl and Sam Bennett were clearly the top four players entering the 2014 NHL Draft, though nobody knew what the order of their selection was going to be. ...
Analysis: Why the Florida Panthers will win the Stanley Cup Final
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third time. The first two, well, didn't go as planned. Swept by Colorado in 1996. Beaten in five games by Vegas last year. This trip feels different. The Panthers are a different...
