If Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final was a slasher movie, then the Edmonton Oilers are about to return to the scene of the crime. Article content
And if Game 4 on Thursday at Amerant Bank Arena doesn’t contain a wholesale plot twist and the Florida Panthers end up taking a 3-1 series lead, well, let’s just say we’ve seen this movie before. Article content Article content
It’s the same on the Oilers have been playing over and over in their mind all season long, since losing Game 7 of last year’s Stanley Cup Final on the road to the very same villains — ones who are looking to tip the playing field in their favour and know these Oilers are at their best at straightforward, even-strength 5-on-5 hockey.
After splitting the first two games of this year’s rematch at Rogers Place in Edmont