the last time the edmonton oilers won the stanley cup was 2006.
the last time the edmonton oilers won the stanley cup was 2006.
when was the last time the edmonton oilers won the stanley cup?
2006
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in the first round, the oilers faced the winnipeg jets. the jets proved gritty and hungry and took a big lead in the series. trailing the series 3–1 and trailing game 5 by the identical score, the oilers miraculously rallied to force game 6 at the winnipeg arena, where kurri scored the game winner in front of a hostile winnipeg crowd. game 7 was won by the oilers, 4–1. in the division finals, the oilers met the los angeles kings for the second straight season. the result would be different from in 1989, however, as edmonton swept the series 4–0, outscoring los angeles 22–10. the oilers met the chicago blackhawks in the campbell conference finals and fell behind 2–1 in the series. in game 4 at chicago stadium, messier ran roughshod all over the blackhawks, slashing, elbowing and throwing thunderous checks. messier finished the game with two goals and one assist in a 4–2 edmonton victory, and his performance has been called "one of the most terrifying one-man-wrecking-crew performances in hockey history". the oilers tied the series and won the next two games, winning the series and setting up a rematch of the 1988 stanley cup finals with boston. this series will be remembered for the outstanding goaltending of bill ranford, and for game 1 of the series which still stands as the longest stanley cup finals game played in the modern nhl. despite being soundly outshot by the bruins, the oilers won the game 3–2 when petr klima scored on a wrist shot from the right-side boards at 15:13 of the third overtime. in game 2, the oilers were outshot 10–2 in the first period, but ranford held tough and the oilers led 2–1. then jari kurri took over: on his 30th birthday, kurri scored three goals and two assists in what became a 7–2 edmonton win. in game 3 at northlands coliseum, the bruins set a new nhl record by scoring ten seconds into a stanley cup finals game, and never looked back in cruising to a 2–1 victory. game 4 was dominated by the oilers' top line of messier, anderson and simpson, as the trio accounted for 4 goals and 11 points in a 5–1 edmonton victory. game 5 at the boston garden saw bill ranford stop 29 of 30 shots, and glenn anderson score a goal and an assist in leading the oilers to a 4–1 win. the team had captured its fifth stanley cup championship in seven seasons. for his superlative goaltending, bill ranford was awarded the conn smythe trophy, but esa tikkanen, kurri and messier were all strong candidates. simpson led the playoffs in goals with 16, and he and messier shared the points lead with 31. the oilers again collected multiple awards after the season. kevin lowe won the king clancy memorial trophy for his charity work in edmonton, and mark messier won the first hart trophy of his career. messier's closest competition for the award was boston's ray bourque, and he edged bourque in voting by a single first-place vote. further proving he had stepped out of the shadow of wayne gretzky, messier was selected to the first all-star team, over gretzky who was named to the second all-star team, in the position of centreman.
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