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.

So, things didn’t exactly begin all that smoothly early on against the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference final. The best-of-seven series gives the Edmonton Oilers another chance to push back. There is a reason, after all, they play best-of-seven series. And there’s also a reason it’s called pushing back.

Crowded classrooms will likely carry over into Edmonton’s Public Schools next school year. The school board has balanced its budget, projecting an extra $ 50 million in operational funding from the province because of a new funding formula.

Ekholm has preached, almost from the time he arrived via trade from Nashville in February 2023, that the Oilers need to be more comfortable playing in their own zone and withstanding opponents’ offensive pressure. The Golden Knights had a couple of sustained stints in the Oilers’ end in Game 5; the Oilers essentially gave up nothing.

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