The Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers skated at the Baptist Health Iceplex in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Tuesday.

With the season on the line and the Stanley Cup in the building, the Oilers are turning back to Stuart Skinner in net.

"It's huge," said Skinner of getting the Game 6 start in Florida. "Yeah, feeling good coming into tonight. Definitely know that I have the confidence of my teammates and the coaching staff. I think there's obviously a lot of belief still."

Skinner last played in Game 4 when he allowed three goals on 17 shots in the first period before being pulled.

"It might sound weird, I felt like I played well," Skinner recalled in his first media session since that game. "But sometimes that happens. It's just life. Especially as a goalie, it can be hard sometimes. But the process after that is try to shake it off as quickly as I am able to. I wasn't able to for a little bit. I was a little bit frustrated. But it kind of took me a day, and it's just back to work. There's not much time in this league, especially in the finals, to sulk on and feel bad for yourself. You just got to go back on the ice the next day and start working on your game again."

Skinner, who was also pulled in Game 3, watched as Calvin Pickard took the loss in Game 5 while allowing four goals on 18 shots.

"For sure it's disappointing," Skinner admitted. "I want to be the guy that's in all the time. I wish I could help these guys every single night. It's hard watching from the bench. But, yeah, I just got to stick to what I know what my job is. That's kind of over my paygrade. So, whenever they tell me to go in the net, I'm definitely not going to say no."

"Stu’s been in a lot of high-pressure games," said coach Kris Knoblauch. "He's played really well. You look at the amount of elimination games he’s played in, I think there were six last year and every single game he played in were really solid,........

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