Happy for McDavid and all of Oilers nation. Go win it all 🎉

Large pocket of Oilers fans here in Newfoundland and hockey fans, in general, here are cheering them on

Was really looking forward to this episode. Can't wait to listen to my favorite post-game crew! Thanks boys, and LET'S GO OIL!!!!!

I’m from Edmonton and have been a huge Oilers fan. I was watching the RBC open earlier in the day and watched one of the commentators hold up an Austin Mathews jersey vs a McDavid jersey. The cheers for McD were impressive and she dropped the AM jersey and threw on the McD jersey to a huge ovation. The Oilers are Canada’s team and it’s loaded with Canadian hockey players from all over Canada. It’s easy for hockey fans to find a little skin in the game. Not to mention the fact that the Oilers are so exciting to watch. Canada is cheering for the oilers. It’s nice to see. Go Oilers go!!!

Not typically my "go to" podcast. But wanted to log in to see the joy on the faces of these guys. Very devoted. Thx for what you do. 😊

Lord Stanley's Cup has been travelling abroad for 31 years and it's high time that it returned home. Go Oilers!!

...may I add 93??? If there is one player who has always soldiered on through the decade of darkness it is Nuuuge.

What a great day for the Oiler faithful. It's been 18 years but the Oilers are back in the Stanley Cup finals. I almost had a few tears in my eyes when the Oilers won tonight! Stanley Cup finals Edmonton lets all celebrate!

I’m on Vancouver Island and it’s pretty lonely out here as an Oilers fan

Leon has really stepped up his defense, poke checking, getting his stick in passing lanes, blocking a few shots and he's still got what 11 goals and 17 assists. Last night he was playing responsible defensive hockey.

I was just out of high school when we were there last. Now I’m a middle aged fan able to act like I’ve been there before. Outstanding. Thanks for the upload fellas.

Flames fan here go Oil and McDavid

I’m just beside myself with joy. It’s been soooo long. Couldn’t even watch the handshake line through my tears. It’s just incredible and I can’t believe we’re going to the final

Only 4 more wins... and this team is Immortalized!

We had a planned power outage at work so I couldn’t watch the game. I listened to it on the radio in the truck and it gave me 90’s vibes of listening to the games with my dad. Wow what a finish! Let’s get Florida and that dirty rat Thachuk!

For years we heard David complain that they relied far too much on scoring pretty goals. He's said more than a few times that this team is going to have to learn to score ugly goals and win ugly games if they want to win the cup. Well David, they DID that tonight (and in this series) and now you are bewildered by it. You make me laugh. lol WE ARE GOING TO THE FINALS!!! GOOOOO OILERS!!!

As someone who grew up in Edmonton during the 80s I'm excited to feel the excitement again. I love the fact that they won game 6 but I was also very concerned about the way they played! I hope they round back into full form for the most important series in 18 years. Go Oilers! I also hope the live crowd comes up with something better than "let's go Oilers let's go" and the two-tone taunt of the opposing goalie's name. That is so lame... it would be nice to see Edmonton crowds come up with something energized and focused on getting their team going. I like how the Dallas crowd chanted "Dallas - Stars" and the Vancouver crowd chanted names of their players. I also went to a football game in Barcelona where there were non-stop chanting and singing of local songs for their team. It was nonstop. There was no DJ music between plays and jumbotrons telling people to get loud. Surely the Oilers merit their own original traditions?!

Bruce… Your turtle shirt is continuing the streak!! Thank you from the faithful!

They survived, we needed one more goal to save us from a heart attack, 35 to 10 out shot ,ridiculous, but the defence survived

Stew and his new groovy dancing and eye rolls...dude, IT WORKS...rock those Vesna beats man!

I look forward to this podcast after every game this morning I was down right giddy to here what they had say.

Finally we arrived at the finals. Been listening to you guys for many years and boy what did we experience over the years. Lets enjoy what's about to come

incredible to make the final. well done - & a time to celebrate. esp McD but also DRais... wow- just wow - th amt of work & continued hope against the odds. watching the EDM media hit them w cold/negative questions after the big win ... somehow need to thank the players... & acknowledge how much joy they have put across the City. Why do they have to do a press conf immed after the game? The place was rocking

Nice to see oilers get to cup final, they’ve played well and deserve it. Skinner was amazing. Kane being hurt isn’t good, hence why the oilers should have still had Klim Kostin. Can’t have enough skill/tough players. Would have been helpful in the playoffs.

Coach K pulling the right strings all playoffs ...very underrated. Other than Broberg's goal .... never really noticed him...for a dman, that's an excellent thing. Of all Knoblauch's moves, that could very well be the best. GO OILERS GO...🚨🕺🕺🚨🚀🚀🎉🎉🎈✨️✨️🎆🎆🎇🎊🥅✨️🧨✨️✨️✨️🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🚨🚨🚨

I really, really don't like this sitting on a lead thing. Sure as shit though, Skinner ends up saving the day. Whew. They absolutely MUST bring their physicality to Florida or their chances are slim.

Love your show guys. I always stay up to listen.

Go Oilers, can’t wait for Saturday!!

Oilers in 6 to win the Cup.

I was never in doubt we'd get here, we have corey perry

"Oilers is 6". No surprise to me, but The Oil sure love to play with fire. Coach Knob said it well. Panthers now and I hope they are now beat up and sore, but I doubt it. A 6-7 game series is on the way, and whatever happens it will be an exciting Ride. As For Dallas, 4 Green Mushroom clouds of bye bye! 🥦🥦🥦🥦

Pavelski must really hate the Oilers now! Skinner was stellar, he basically won the series! Mcd’s goal is probably the most incredible goal I’ve ever seen in the playoffs, maybe better than some of Gretz’s or Lemieux’s in my 45+ yrs of watching playoff hockey! You got this Oilers! We have your backs! GO OILERS GO..get those cats!

Great podcast. Thank you!

Insightful remarks as always.

Do it for Ben and Joey! Let's go Oilers!! What a stressful game! Will be interesting to see if they can elevate even more and how Florida handles McDavid.

Bruce and David, we made it 🎉

I didn't expect them to be here but Edmonton is very entertaining to watch. Can't wait until Saturday. Florida is also very entertaining to watch but in a very different way. Can't wait.

It looked to me like Kane caught a heel to the family jewels.

I’d argue that McDavid goal wasn’t even off a grade A shot, what a move and way to set the tone

Wow! Here we go back to the cup! great team win! Dallas had a lot of shots but were kept mostly outside. Oilers bent but did not break! Special teams the difference.

Kane breaking Tanevs foot...was key.

They got the lead and held it. Thank goodness.

I am happy for David and Bruce. Vegas and Colorado took too much out of Dallas!.

I’m loving our young players…Holloway…Broberg…Bouchard…Macleod…they are the future and especially skinner!

Stu Skinner really got hot at the right time, and that’s what made the difference.

West Champs and enjoy it boys, let's get the cup

Congratulations

From a Vegas fan who wasn’t rooting for you guys, gotta be honest, but congrats . Enjoy the run. I’ll never forget last years run for as long as I live . Enjoy it

A team needs their goalie to steal at least one game in the playoffs, Skinner committed Grande larceny, It's never happened to this degree in the history of the NHL. Somebody is smiling down on the Oilers

I was at the game it was so loud and amazing go Oilers go

You gotta give Dallas credit, they are a very good team and played really well defensively. Such fantastic sticks, always had sticks in passing and shooting lanes. People talked about their lack of physicality but they didn't need to hit and take themselves out of the play. That being said I don't know about their fans. 14 PP to 12 for Dallas and they went 0-14 oilers went 5-12 and their fans acted like they were cheated and refs handed it to the oilers because their team couldn't been the oiler PK. I have no tolerance for all the Whining about oilers Special Teams. Especially from Fans that so aggressively called for sweeps by their teams and Oilers have no chance.

I was driving from Toronton to BC when the Raptors won the NBA title, and Canadian all across the country was glued to their media cheering our ass off. So, yes, Canadians are in it .

Awesome. Ken Holland has fulfilled the mission of this contract. The roster has proven they have the tools to get to the final two, and from there it's like winning four of seven coin flips. Can't ask much more of a GM. Holland’s moves since 2019 span the spectrum from near-disastrous to excellent. There’s always an element of gambling in every move. But on balance, here we are, and it can be traced back to signing effective stopgap players like Gaetan Haas to get the boys into the playoffs in KH's first year. If not with flying colors, he did get the job done. He's also ingrained some "cultural" aspects he wanted. He deserves to get his name engraved on the cup again.

Winning while playing badly can have negative future consequences. From the 2nd period onwards, they only sent in 1 guy to forecheck. Any 50/50 decision and they chose defense. They kept their shift lengths super short. I understand they didn't wanna get caught on a long shift but there were so many times they had a chance to rush and make a play, but instead went for a line change. Even when they had the puck in the offensive end, they'd take it to the corner and sit there with it. Fans always say keep attacking for a reason. Play like you want the next goal. Especially for the oilers, offense is the best defense. They got lucky that a lot of bounces around the net went their way. This strategy will not work with florida who is better than dallas in all 3 areas of the game, scoring defending and goaltending. I hope they learn that this is not the blueprint for sucess.

When was the last time our goalie was given a 10/10 transcendent grade?

they all needed to keep elevating their game ... to the next challenge... and did so a massive congrats FLA will really pressure them into mistakes if they can... hope team can come up w a good strategy & play really well. Really exciting. Added up FLA salaries and it is $68mil vs $82mil for EDM... so some unfairness when also factor in ~% tax benefit... That said, EDM can compete on most match-ups... & will be so exciting if they/we do. Kane,Perry,Carrick seem impt & perhaps mcLeod outworking Bennett for the loose pucks

I like Bruce on the right panel. I have no clue why.

The only game Skinner has played better is Mariocart on the plane

Let's Go Oilers!❤

I didn’t think the Oilers played that bad. They didn’t give up much to my eye.

Everyone is an expert after seeing the slow motion replay.

Vancouver fans and most people wrote them off against the Canucks, Dallas fans and pretty much everyone else wrote them off against Dallas. I remember reading comments how the Oilers were a two-man team, terrible on defence and no goaltending from Dallas and Canucks fans, McDavid a crybaby, etc, etc. Canuck fans were the worst so Kudos to you guys. Now everyone will say Florida is a far better team. Anyhow let them decide it one the ice. Looking forward to a great series and as a Canadian, go Oilers.

The Oilers were just effing with the stats man for more funzies

Fans obviously happy with the result, but sitting on a lead and playing passively in the offensive zone plagued them throughout the playoffs whenever they get a lead. I was hoping they realized this is not the way to play considering the number of times they've already lost despite having a lead in the game. In fact, game 5 I thought they figured it out, as it seemed like they maintained pressure on in the offensive zone throughout the game. They reverted back to this horrible style game 6 - they can thank Skinner for the win. Dumping the puck in, and letting the opposing team reset their attack with no pressure is just giving the other team chance after chance to find that opening/break in the defense. Much like the PK, it's much better to pressure the puck, and create unforced errors. Conversely, having puck possession in the offensive zone and getting shots on goal - keeps the other team on their toes. No shots - no threat. Dallas was unlucky today - we're playing with fire if we keep playing like this when we have a lead.

lethal power play led the oils to the cup final. i can't put it in any other way

Go Oilers!

Special teams, specifically the Oilers penalty killing is what won them this series!

It’s weird but I’m with David on the not being nervous during that game. Shots 35-10. I should have be pacing and maybe swearing a bit! But I was cool calm and collected. Sipping on my beer. Only yelling at my tv occasionally.

Bouchard put too much on that shootin and came right around to a Dallas player. Then they scored on their next rush. They were sure trying for deflections. He did really well in the net

...PATTON movie reference. Nice.

If the Oilers had to win a gm7 to advance, their chances at the cup would be much lower.

Bobrovsky is favored sure. But he hasn't looked down 97 and 29 shooting on him either.

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Long post follows. Read / Don't Read up to you. Statistics for Round 3 Playoff Game 6 Dallas at Edmonton June 2nd, 2025. These are "Base" statistics not the detailed ones the Cult of Hockey compiles and are simply a foundation for reference. Score: Oilers 2, Stars 1. Oilers win series 4 games to 2 and proceed to the Stanley Cup Finals round against Florida. Edmonton Oilers Hyman 1 Goal (PP) McDavid 1 Goal (PP), 1 Primary Assist (PP) Draisaitl 1 Primary Assist (PP) Bouchard 2 Secondary Assists (PP) Skinner 34 Saves on 35 Shots = .971 Save %age (Exceptional, First Star) Dallas Stars Marchment 1 Goal Seguin 1 Primary Assist Tanev 1 Secondary Assist Oettinger 8 Saves on 10 Shots = .800 Save %age (not good), (57 minutes played) 3 Stars: 3-Marchment (1G), 2-McDavid (1G, 1PA, both on PP), Skinner (.971 Save %age) Dallas Edmonton Shots on Goal 35 10 Hits 31 18 Faceoffs Won 30 23 PP 0/3 2/2 Giveaways 17 (16 per NST) 17 (13 per NST) Takeaways 9 9 (7 per NST) Blocked Shots 7 19 (14 per NST) Player TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways Ceci 21:35 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 Ekholm 21:32 0 -1 0 3 1 2 1 Nurse 21:12 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 Bouchard 20:45 1 -1 0 0 4 0 0 Kulak 19:52 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 Broberg 13:14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 McDavid 23:44 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 Draisaitl 21:27 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 Hyman 20:02 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Nuge 19:22 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 McLeod 15:15 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Henrique 14:23 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Janmark 13:51 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 Brown 12:35 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 Perry 11:54 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Holloway 10:44 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 Ryan 7:54 0 -1 0 3 1 1 0 Kane 4:39 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Oilers Faceoffs Won Lost Percent Draisaitl 10 12 45.5 McDavid 8 10 44.4 Henrique 3 4 42.9 Ryan 1 4 20.0 Nuge 1 0 100.0 Stars Faceoffs Won Lost Percent Benn 8 6 57.1 Hintz 5 2 71.4 Seguin 4 3 57.1 Pavelski 4 3 57.1 Steel 3 1 75.0 Johnson 3 5 37.5 Duchene 2 3 40.0 Marchment 1 0 100.0 This was a masterclass lesson in it's not how many you shoot it's how many go in. The collary to that is DO NOT GIVE THE EDMONTON OILERS POWER PLAYS UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SCORED ON. The collary to that is GET USED TO NOT SCORING ON ANY POWER PLAYS YOU GET. Look if all you look at is stats other than the number of goals at the end of the game the Oilers should have LOST this game. Skinner faced a ton of rubber. The Oilers had a ton of blocks but really, other than that, they were mostly wrecked analytically at the SURFACE level (the base stats, not the detailed ones when you drill in). Thankfully math LIES. Again, what counts is how many go IN, not how many you SHOOT. Dallas was much better in the faceoff dot. They hit more (like almost double). Doesn't mean squat. The Oilers won and proceed to the Cup Finals round against Florida. A big BAD THING was Kane's injury but hopefully nearly a week's rest will help a lot. Great job boys, it's not done yet, there are still four more wins needed. Hope Never Dies but neither does Faith. Take care all.

Edmonton will win the Stanley Cup

wasn't just Perry looking off.

Hey Andrew lots Dallas fans made that same prediction

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Oddly enough Cousins is 1000% dirtier then Bennett.

Let’s go America

Florida gonna squeeze their oranges on that Canadien face

Losing in 4 book it