114 -- Number of power plays allowed by the Oilers in their 17 games during the first three rounds, or 6.7 per game. The Hurricanes have allowed opponents 93 chances in 18 games, 5.3 per game.

35.1 -- Shots against per game allowed by the Oilers during the first three rounds, nearly 10 more per game than Edmonton permitted during the regular season (25.5, the lowest average in the NHL.

7 -- Consecutive Stanley Cups won by the team with the home-ice advantage, which belongs to the Hurricanes. The 1997 Detroit Red Wings were the last team to win the Cup when starting the Finals on the road. Since Edmonton's last Cup in 1990, only the 1997 Wings and 1995 New Jersey Devils (vs. Detroit) have won the Cup without the home-ice advantage in the Finals.

11 -- Days between games for the Oilers, who will take the ice on Monday, June 5, in Raleigh for the first time since completing their Western Conference final victory over Anaheim on May 24. It's the longest break any team has ever had between the Conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals; Anaheim had 10 days off in 2003 and lost the first two games in New Jersey before dropping the series in seven games.

... And five that favor the Oilers:

88.6 -- Edmonton's penalty-killing percentage, the best in the playoffs. The Oilers are coming off a 36-for-39 performance (92.3 percent) against Anaheim in the Western Conference finals and allowed just five goals in 74 chances (93.2 percent) in the last two rounds.

.931 -- Save percentage by Edmonton goaltender Dwayne Roloson, second overall among goaltenders in this year's playoffs. Carolina's Cam Ward is at .919, and Martin Gerber is at .856. Roloson leads all goalies in another category: He has two assists, matching the total of all other goaltenders this year.

If the Stanley Cup Final goes the distance, Carolina will have history on their side, as the home teams are 11-2 and have won five straight.

9 -- Games won by the Oilers this year when being out-shot, in 14 tries. Edmonton is also 3-0 when out-shooting opponents. The Oilers beat Anaheim in five games despite being out-shot in all five.

6 -- Game 7s won by the Oilers, in eight tries since entering the NHL in 1979. That includes a 3-1 victory over Philadelphia in the 1987 Finals. The Oilers haven't lost a Game 7 since 1989, when the Los Angeles Kings won the deciding game of the Smythe Division semifinals.

3 -- Number of Stanley Cups won by the Oilers when they did not have the home-ice advantage (1984, 1985, 1990) ? although the 1984 and 1985 teams won the Cup with the league using a 2-3-2 format, rather than the current 2-2-1-1-1.

And the winner will be -- Carolina, in seven games. The Hurricanes will have enough rest after their seven-game series with Buffalo to lick their wounds without losing their edge. They also have a deeper group of forwards. The Oilers have defied logic by winning despite being out-shot, often badly, on most nights. It's tough to ask a goaltender to stand on his head for four rounds.

Lucky sevens -- The Stanley Cup Finals are in a burst of Game 7s unlike any in NHL history.

Three of the last four championship rounds have gone the distance -- something that had never happened since the Finals went to a best-of-seven format in 1939. Both of the last two finals have gone to a Game 7, something that has happened only twice before -- in 1964 and 1965, and 1954 and 1955. There have never been three consecutive final series to go the limit.

Game 7s in the finals have belonged to the home teams. They're 11-2, and have won the last five. The last visiting team to win the Cup by capturing Game 7 on the road was the 1971 Montreal Canadiens, who won 3-2 at Chicago Stadium. The only other was the 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs, who averted what would have been sweet revenge by the Red Wings when they captured Game 7, 2-1 at the Olympia in Detroit. The Wings forced a seventh game after losing the first three -- just three years after they had blown a 3-0 lead and lost Game 7 to the Leafs.

One good omen for the Hurricanes: Should the Finals go seven games, defenseman Glen Wesley is now 6-1 in his seven career Game 7 appearances after Carolina's victory over Buffalo in the Eastern Conference finals. That was the first Game 7 win for the Carolina franchise in four tries.