• The Canadian Press

    Edmonton Oilers' penalty killers holding up their side of the special teams ledger

    Move over, Edmonton Oilers power play. The penalty killers are in the spotlight. The Oilers reached their first Stanley Cup final in 18 years in no small measure to a stingy penalty kill that hasn't given up a goal in their last 10 playoff games, and kept a clean sheet in 28 straight short-handed situations. The Oilers and Florida Panthers open the 2024 Stanley Cup final with Saturday's Game 1 in Sunrise, Fla. When Edmonton's vaunted power play went quiet the first four games of the Western Conf

  • The Canadian Press

    Hockey fans in Edmonton, and far, far away, count down hours until Stanley Cup final

    EDMONTON — Hockey fans in Edmonton, and many who are far, far away, are counting down the hours until the Oilers hit the ice this weekend for the beginning of their first Stanley Cup final series in nearly two decades.

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers back in Cup final, and fans from Arctic Circle to Philippines celebrate

    EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Edmonton Oilers are back in the Stanley Cup final in a celebration reaching north of the Arctic Circle and drawing in fans from as far away as the Philippines. On Monday morning, Oilers fans sloughed off grey clouds and rain to pack the team store at downtown Rogers Place. They bought jerseys, hats, T-shirts and anything else emblazoned with the team logo -- an encircled oil drop crowning the drippy, gooey team nickname. Reece Santos had his eye on a Dylan Hollowa

  • The Canadian Press

    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 team than they were a year ago; certainly healthier, certainly better for the experience of getting to the final and falling short. They have had to beat three extremely good teams to get here — a state rival in Tampa Bay, a real cont