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Stanley Cup Final: Oilers embracing challenge of overcoming 2-0 series deficit: 'It's supposed to be difficult'

The Edmonton Oilers will be welcomed home Thursday night for by a raucous Rogers Place crowd. Game 3 (8 p.m. ET; ABC) will be the first Stanley Cup Final game in the city since 2006, and while they face a 2-0 deficit against the Florida Panthers, they know there is still lots of hockey left in the series.

“I think it’s going to be special," said Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl. "But we’ve got to give them a reason to be special, right?"

Despite the hole they find themselves in, the Oilers are confident as they return home.