Skinner and the Oilers were down 5-1 to the Florida Panthers with 16:33 still remaining in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. He’d just been pulled in favor of backup Calvin Pickard by coach Kris Knoblauch after being beaten for the fifth time on 23 shots, this one a power-play goal from Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad.

Taking advantage of the Edmonton Oilers' worst performance in several weeks, the defending Florida Panthers pounced on mistakes to win Game 3 in a 6-1 rout Monday night and take a 2-1 series lead. Brad Marchand became the oldest player to score in each of the first three games of a final,

Stuart Skinner has been lights out for the Edmonton Oilers since replacing Calvin Pickard, but he failed to answer the bell in Game 3.