Stanley Cup final: Stuart Skinner to be Oilers’ Game 4 starter, Jeff Skinner, Troy Stecher to play
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Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch is making two lineup changes with his team down 2-1 to the Florida Panthers in the best-of-seven title series.
Kris Knoblauch is mixing things up for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final.
The Edmonton Oilers head coach is set to make two lineup changes with his team down 2-1 to the Florida Panthers in the best-of-seven title series.
Troy Stecher will replace John Klingberg on the blue line, while Jeff Skinner enters the fray up front for Viktor Arvidsson.
“We have a lot of good players, a lot of good players who had been in and out of the lineup,” Knoblauch said following his team’s morning skate. “Some players haven’t even seen any game action so far in this series. Felt that we could use the change, have those guys come in, give us a boost.
Knoblauch also made changes to most of his forward lines defence pairings, including bumping Connor Brown up to play alongside Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
“A guy that’s playing really well, skates well,” McDavid said. “Good with the puck, confident guy that can play up and down your lineup.”
Stuart Skinner will get the start in net despite allowing five goals in each of his last two games — a 5-4 overtime defeat and a 6-1 drubbing.
Stecher, meanwhile, is poised to reunite with Darnell Nurse on the back end after sitting out Edmonton’s last four games as a healthy scratch.
