EDMONTON, Alberta — (AP) — The Stanley Cup will be in the building once again on Friday night with the Florida Panthers getting their third chance to win the first championship in franchise history in Game 6 against the Edmonton Oilers.
The Panthers led the series 3-0 before losing back-to-back games.
“There’s no way necessarily to prepare for that new experience,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Thursday in Fort Lauderdale before traveling back to Alberta. “Now, we’ve got kind of two games under our belt … so we’re learning. We’re learning how to do this. We’re learning how to feel it.”
To close out the series and finally be atop the NHL, Florida will have to deal with Connor McDavid likely cruising to playoff MVP honors and a raucous sellout crowd of over 18,000 fans hoping to see their team force a Game 7 in South Florida on Monday night. Oilers fever is alive and wellin the city of nearly a million people …