The Oilers aim to dominate in this series with solid lines and team depth; the Panthers will counter with a high-scoring strategy.

The Oilers’ entire scheme runs off just stopping enough goals. That’s it. Edmonton averaged 2.78 goals allowed over the playoffs, and scored 4.06 per game. At some point it’s just down to simple math, and this teams knows it. To Edmonton the best defense is a good offense, and that’s more or less how they got to this point.