EDMONTON -- The Stanley Cup sat upon a pedestal, shining in the spotlight at Rogers Place on Wednesday. The fans chanted, “WE WANT THE CUP!”

The Edmonton Oilers were not in awe.

“When I saw the Cup on the ice last year, I was kind of looking at it with googly eyes,” Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner said. “And this year seeing it, I was here last year. I saw it already.”

This time is different for Edmonton.

The Oilers know what to expect after what happened a year ago -- falling behind the Florida Panthers 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Final, coming back to tie the best-of-7 series 3-3 and losing in Game 7.

And now they have the lead in the Cup Final after a 4-3 overtime win against the Panthers in Game 1.

They stayed calm when trailing 3-1 in the second period and came back to defeat a team th

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