Oilers ‘butt heads’ playing Mario Kart on plane

The Edmonton Oilers are playing for more than one Cup this Stanley Cup Playoffs.

In a postgame interview after Game 5 of the Western Conference Final, goalie Stuart Skinner revealed playing Mario Kart on the team plane will help him decompress a little before the upcoming Game 6.

“Tomorrow, I get to live my life and go on the plane and beat these guys at Mario Kart,” Skinner told reporters on Friday. “I’ll probably get a couple of first places. I’m sure of it.”

The Oilers goalie also revealed he plays with the character Toad.

However, not all the Oilers are fans of the Mario party on the plane.

“I can’t stand that they play Mario Kart,” Leon Draisaitl told reporters on Saturday before their flight. “We butt heads on that all the time, but it’s going to be a long flight so I better [stand it]."

Draisaitl said he instead spends the flights bugging his teammates playing and throwing in comments from time to time.

The Oilers probably agree on one thing: the Stanley Cup would look real nice next to the Mushroom Cup.