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What teams has Stuart Skinner played for?

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Stuart Skinner is a Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender who plays for the Edmonton Oilers. Skinner played major junior hockey for the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Swift Current Broncos in the Western Hockey League.

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Skinner scored an empty-net goal for the Lethbridge Hurricanes against the Medicine Hat Tigers on March 18, 2016, becoming the only goaltender in franchise history and the seventh in WHL history to do so.

Skinner was a third round selection, 78th overall, in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Oilers.

After selection in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Skinner signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Edmonton Oilers on May 14, 2018.

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Skinner, who was entering the final year of his entry-level contract, stayed on the Oilers’ roster to begin the pandemic-affected 2020-21 season. Because veteran Mike Smith was injured, Skinner was the Oilers’ backup to Mikko Koskinen for the first nine games.

Skinner made his NHL debut and first career start on January 31, 2021 against the Ottawa Senators, collecting his first win in an 8–5 victory.

Skinner spent the rest of the season with the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Skinner would play in both the AHL and the NHL in 2021-22.

He recorded his first NHL shutout against the San Jose Sharks on February 14, 2022, making 20 saves to win the game 3-0.

The NHL announced Skinner, along with teammate Leon Draisaitl, as one of three final Pacific Division skaters voted in the 2023 NHL All-Star Game on January 19, 2023.


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