Oilers' Brown available for Game 1 of Cup Final

Edmonton guardant Connor Brown, who has been sidelined with an undisclosed injury, practiced Sunday and volition beryllium disposable erstwhile the Oilers big the Florida Panthers successful Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final connected Wednesday.

Brown, 31, missed the last 2 games of the Oilers' five-game bid against the Dallas Stars successful the Western Conference finals, which concluded past Thursday. He exited Game 3 successful the 2nd play connected May 25 aft a thunderous deed from Stars defenseman Alexander Petrovic that sent him to the ice.

I consciousness good," Brown said aft Sunday's session. "Nice to get a signifier successful with the team. Obviously, I haven't been practicing much. It's bully to get it going. I'm excited."

Brown has 8 points (five goals, 3 assists) successful 14 playoff games. He totaled 30 points (13 goals, 17 assists) and a plus-9 standing portion playing successful each 82 games during the regular season.

His spot connected the 3rd enactment has been filled by Viktor Arvidsson astatine close helping with halfway Adam Henrique and near helping Evander Kane. The Oilers are without guardant Zach Hyman, who had country aft sustaining an upper-body wounded successful Game 4 against the Stars.

"I've got nary thought what the enactment combinations are," said Brown, who skated with the 5th enactment Sunday. "Obviously, I'm not trying to enactment my coaching chapeau connected oregon thing similar that. It's conscionable my occupation to beryllium acceptable to go."

"I deliberation helium volition beryllium fine," Edmonton manager Kris Knoblauch said. "Obviously, you saw him connected the crystal and treble shifting, and I'm beauteous definite and assured that helium volition beryllium good for Game 1."