Edmonton, Alberta ? Shiny streamers drifted down from the rafters. A chunk of raw Alberta meat sailed over the glass. The Edmonton Oilers mobbed their third-string-turned-starting goalie as the crowd chanted, “We want the cup!”

It felt like a championship celebration.

One more win and the Oilers can really get excited.

Edmonton’s magical postseason run is heading all the way to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, pushed along by a new group of playoff stars who are proving to be worthy successors to Gretzky, Messier & Co.

Hometown boy Fernando Pisani scored another goal and tough guy Raffi Torres deflected in one of his own, sparking the Oilers to a 4-0 rout Saturday night that wasn’t that close.

Edmonton evened the best-of-seven series at three games apiece and moved to the brink of a historic comeback. Only three teams have rallied from a 2-0 deficit to claim the cup. Only one, Toronto in 1942, has overcome a 3-1 hole to win it all.

“I think we got them right where we want them,” Torres said, “but at the same time we can’t get overexcited out there because they are that dangerous.”

The Hurricanes, who were one timely goal away from celebrating a championship just a few days ago, didn’t look very dangerous in this one. Not even the return of Erik Cole, playing for the first time since be broke a vertebra in his neck 31â2 months ago, did much to inspire a team whose large contingent of 30-somethings suddenly look very, very old.

Edmonton's Fernando Pisani, right, celebrates with teammates Ryan Smyth, left, and Jaroslav Spacek after scoring a goal. The Oilers defeated Carolina, 4-0, on Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta.

“We need to get rid of this game,” coach Peter Laviolette said. “We have a lot of veterans players in that locker room and a veteran defense. We just seemed to be off a step, maybe two.”

Ryan Smyth and Shawn Horcoff added third-period goals for the Oilers, who spent the final minutes reveling in the adulation of a deafening, pompom-waving crowd that senses a return to the glory days.

As the horn sounded, someone tossed a piece of Alberta red meat onto the ice – a new playoff tradition in Edmonton that was borrowed from octopus-tossing fans of Detroit. The scoreboard flashed an endearing message as the fans filed out of the season’s final game in Edmonton.

“Bring It Home.”

Next stop, Tobacco Road. Game 7 is Monday night in Raleigh.

The Hurricanes were ready to celebrate there on Wednesday, returning home just one win away from their first Stanley Cup.

But Pisani scored the first short-handed overtime goal in finals history to win Game 5, forcing the NHL to pack up its prized hardware and ship it to Alberta for Carolina’s second crack at the title.

The Hurricanes whiffed again, getting outshot 34-16 and totally worked over by the younger Oilers, who barely made it into the playoffs and then became the first No. 8 seed under the current format to reach the championship round.

Pisani and Torres are doing their best to join Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and all those stars who led the Oilers to five Stanley Cups in seven years, a run that ended in 1990 and quickly fell apart as small-market Edmonton struggled to compete against wealthier U.S. teams.