EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers will play for the Stanley Cup Monday night after tying the Stanley Cup Final with an impressive 4-0 victory at Rexall Place Saturday night that erased a 3-games-to-2 lead for the Carolina Hurricanes and evened the best-of-seven series at 3-3.

Monday night (8 p.m. ET, NBC, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio), the Oilers will attempt to become only the second team in NHL history to rally from a 3-1 series deficit and win the Stanley Cup. The only other team to accomplish the feat is the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs.

The sellout crowd of 16,839, the Oilers' 11th sellout of the postseason, roared from start to finish, clearly basking in the performance of the eighth-seeded Oilers, who moved to the verge of joining previous Edmonton teams anchored by the likes of Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier, to win the Stanley Cup. Should the Oilers complete their comeback Monday night, the Stanley Cup victory might well rank as the greatest achievement in franchise history.

Fernando Pisani, Raffi Torres and Ryan Smyth scored the goals for Edmonton and goalie Jussi Markkanen got the win, despite not seeing a great deal of action as the Oilers threw a defensive blanket over the Hurricanes, who hoped the surprise return of injured forward Erik Cole would provide a needed lift with Doug Weight lost to a right shoulder injury suffered in Game 5.

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Cole played gamely, but there were no answers for the Hurricanes in this game as they were thoroughly dominated.

For the Hurricanes, the game was a bitter disappointment, coming on the heels of Wednesday night's 2-1 overtime loss at home that prevented the 'Canes from ending the series. With the Game 6 loss, the Hurricanes have one more chance to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup.

Entering the third period leading 2-0, the Oilers' long-suffering power play came alive for its second goal of the game as Michael Peca fed Smyth for the third goal of the game at 3:04. Peca made a nice pass to Smyth and then took off down the slot, drawing two Hurricanes to him, allowing Smyth to come in alone and beat Carolina goalie Cam Ward with a backhand to the glove side.

Horcoff scored the fourth goal at 13:05, taking a nice backhand pass from Radek Dvorak and then lifting the puck over Ward, with the goaltender once again left by himself to face the threat. At the time of Horcoff's goal, the Oilers led in shots, 32-11.

The Oilers dominated the first 15 minutes of the second period and took advantage, jumping to a 2-0 lead that had Rexall Place roaring as Edmonton continued to play a strong physical game, contesting every puck.

A bench penalty for too many men on the ice opened the door for the Oilers as Fernando Pisani backhanded a shot off the skate of Carolina defenseman Glen Wesley and past Cam Ward at 1:45.

The goal was the 13th of the playoffs for Pisani and his third on the power play. Ales Hemsky and Jaroslav Spacek assisted on the goal.

The Oilers were dominating on defense, keeping the Hurricanes from not only not getting any testing shots on goal, but any shots on goal. In fact, it wasn't until 14:11 that Jason Williams managed a shot on goal.

Raffi Torres made it 2-0 at 9:54 when he redirected a Steve Staios shot from the right point. Torres was able to get free of Carolina's Frantisek Kaberle and made the deflection. Pisani also assisted on the goal for his seventh multi-goal of the playoffs.

Fernando Pisani, Raffi Torres and Ryan Smyth scored the goals for Edmonton and goalie Jussi Markkanen got the win, despite not seeing a great deal of action as the Oilers threw a defensive blanket over the Hurricanes.

"We always think we can play better," said Torres, a scary thought after such a complete win. "We just can't get over-excited. They are that dangerous. We'll just try to come with the same game."

"We did a great job for 60 minutes once again," Pisani said. "The power play did a great job. We did a good job getting to the puck first and getting the puck to the net."

The Hurricanes hoped the surprise return of injured forward Erik Cole would provide a needed lift with Doug Weight lost to a right shoulder injury suffered in Game 5.

Cole played gamely, but there were no answers for the Hurricanes in this game as they were thoroughly dominated.

For the Hurricanes, the game was a bitter disappointment, coming on the heels of Wednesday night's 2-1 overtime loss at home that prevented the 'Canes from ending the series. With the Game 6 loss, the Hurricanes have one more chance to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup.

"They skated us pretty good tonight," Oilers coach Peter Laviolette said. "We didn't skate very well tonight. Our players seemed to be a step behind, maybe two. We didn't move as five-man units, we moves as individuals.

"There is a lot of room for improvement to get back to our style of game," Laviolette said. "We weren't very good at the skating part of it. We looked tired."

So now what?

"What are the options?" Laviolette asked. "We have one game for the Stanley Cup and it's in our building."

Entering the third period leading 2-0, the Oilers' long-suffering power play came alive for its second goal of the game as Michael Peca fed Smyth for the third goal of the game at 3:04. Peca made a nice pass to Smyth and then took off down the slot, drawing two Hurricanes to him, allowing Smyth to come in alone and beat Carolina goalie Cam Ward with a backhand to the glove side.

Horcoff scored the fourth goal at 13:05, taking a nice backhand pass from Radek Dvorak and then lifting the puck over Ward, with the goaltender once again left by himself to face the threat. At the time of Horcoff's goal, the Oilers led in shots, 32-11.

The Oilers dominated the first 15 minutes of the second period and took advantage, jumping to a 2-0 lead that had Rexall Place roaring as Edmonton continued to play a strong physical game, contesting every puck.

A bench penalty for too many men on the ice opened the door for the Oilers as Fernando Pisani backhanded a shot off the skate of Carolina defenseman Glen Wesley and past Cam Ward at 1:45.

The goal was the 13th of the playoffs for Pisani and his third on the power play. Ales Hemsky and Jaroslav Spacek assisted.

The Oilers were solid throughout the game and got big-time performances from their usual cast of players, including Ryan Smyth.

The Oilers were dominating on defense, keeping the Hurricanes from not only not getting any testing shots on goal, but any shots on goal overall. In fact, it wasn't until 14:11 that Jason Williams managed a shot on goal.

Raffi Torres made it 2-0 at 9:54 when he redirected a Steve Staios shot from the right point. Torres was able to get free of Carolina's Frantisek Kaberle and made the deflection. Pisani also assisted on the goal for his seventh multi-goal of the playoffs.

The Hurricanes showed very little life in the second period until late when Oilers defenseman Dick Tarnstrom was whistled for interference at 15:59. Ray Whitney appeared to have a great chance from the rim of the left circle, but Jason Smith slammed the puck away with a diving sprawl and moments later Markkanen stopped a drive from Rod Brind'Amour from the right dot and smothered the puck.

Markkanen also made a nice save late on Josef Vasicek's tip at 18:01 that he managed to smother despite scores of flailing bodies all around him.

The Oilers out-shot the Hurricanes 11-4 in the second period and 21-7 after 40 minutes. Shots have become harder and harder for the Hurricanes to get in Games 5 and 6. In the second period of Game 5, Carolina managed just eight and then only two in the third period and none in overtime of a 2-1 loss.

The scoreless first period saw the territorial advantage go to the Oilers, who out-shot the Hurricanes 10-3, and had the more testing of the scoring chances.

Carolina had the first power-play chance of the game when defenseman Steve Staios was called for interference on Eric Staal at 1:09. The 'Canes didn't mount much of a challenge with the man-advantage, but Cole was re-initiated to NHL life, absorbing a big hit from Ethan Moreau. The best opportunity of the power play actually belonged to the Oilers, who charged into the Carolina end with a 3-on-1 shorthanded break, but their passing was off the mark.

A roughing goal on Bret Hedican put the Oilers on the power play at 6:02 and Hurricane goalie Cam Ward made a nice close-in save on Ryan Smyth, and Sergei Samsonov fanned on an excellent scoring chance in front and then was denied on another close-in chance moments later. The Oilers spent virtually the entire power play in the Carolina end.

Cory Stillman was shaking his head at 9:38 when he shot wide off a 3-on-2 break.

Hedican was boxed again at 11:41, called for charging on Raffi Torres. On this power play, the 'Canes were successful at keeping the Oilers on the perimeter and giving Ward the chance to see the puck.

Carolina's best chance came with less than five minutes left in the period when goalie Jussi Markkanen came roaring out of his net to clear the puck. He was caught out near the blue line and all the Edmonton players were scrambling to thwart the 'Canes succeeding in keeping a couple Hurricane attempts out of the way.

Fernando Pisani was called for hooking at 19:25, giving the Hurricanes a power play that carried over to the second period.