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EDMONTON -- As Connor McDavid was taking part in his postgame press conference in the Edmonton Oilers Hall of Fame Sunday, one of the many fans watching through the window from out on the street could be seen wearing a blue-and-orange No. 97 jersey with the name McJESUS stitched on the back.
The Dallas Stars travel to Edmonton to meet the Oilers in Game 3 of their NHL Western Conference best-of-seven playoff series on Sunday afternoon. Game time is 3 p.m. EDT, and you can watch it on ESPN+ and ABC or live stream it on fubo TV (FREE trial) or DIRECTV (FREE trial and discount).
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In a long playoff run, it’s tough to be perfect. However, the way Skinner is playing of late, he gives the Oilers confidence they can return to the Stanley Cup Final, where they lost 2-1 in Game 7 to the Florida Panthers last season.
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.
It’s hard to believe a player who couldn’t put any weight on his left leg in the third period of a game would be ready for playoff hockey 2,000 miles away just over 36 hours later. Crazier things have happened,
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Edmonton Journal on MSNIt took a while, but Oilers are masters of the secret playoff formulaStuart Skinner had three shutouts in 51 regular season starts. Now he has three in seven playoff games. And it’s not because he turns into Martin Brodeur. When the Oilers tighten up and lock it down, they’re as tough to penetrate as any team in hockey.