With their season on the line, the Edmonton Oilers are making another goalie switch amid other lineup changes.
Stuart Skinner will return to the starter’s role in net for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
Trailing 3-2, Edmonton must win to force Game 7 for a second consecutive season.
Backup Calvin Pickard replaced Skinner after the Oilers fell behind 3-0 in the first period of Game 4 and then backstopped Edmonton to a series-tying 5-4 overtime win over the Florida Panthers.
The Oilers then gave Pickard the start for Game 5, but Edmonton lost 5-2 on home ice.
Meanwhile, the Oilers are also shuffling up their forward and defence units.
Winger Kaspari Kapanen and blue liner John Klingberg appear set to re-enter the lineup in favour of Viktor Arvidsson and Troy Stecher, per line rushes at morning skate.
Kapanen played the first four games of the series, recording three assists. He was subbed out for Game 5 in favour of Arvidsson.
Klingberg will see his first action since Game 3, when Stecher entered in his place. Stecher was benched during Game 4, but returned to play over 13 minutes in Game 5.
Key forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also missed skate after his absence from practice earlier in the week, but head coach Kris Knoblauch said he is expected to play.
Nugent-Hopkins has taken regular maintenance days throughout the series as he deals with an undisclosed injury, but has not missed a game.
