Stanley Cup Final: Connor McDavid leads Oilers in Game 5 thriller to s…
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Panthers fans showed up in South Florida on Tuesday night fired up to celebrate the franchise’s first Stanley Cup championship.
The Oilers missed the memo.
Edmonton took control in the opening period then held off a Florida rally for a thrilling 5-3 win in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. Oilers superstar Connor McDavid tallied two goals and two assists in the win.
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Oilers maintain bid at NHL history
After trailing 3-0, the Oilers have reeled off consecutive wins to cut their series deficit to 3-2. The Stanley Cup Final shifts back to Edmonton via a nearly six-hour flight where the Oilers will have a chance to tie the series in front of their home crowd.
Only four teams have rallied from a 3-0 playoff deficit to win an NHL playoff series. The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs are the only team to do so in the Stanley Cup Final.
Edmonton starts with another shorthanded goal
Tuesday’s game started much like Saturday’s 8-1 Oilers win. After a chaotic opening sequence that produced five combined shots on goal in 94 seconds, the Panthers secured the game’s first edge with a power play less than five minutes in. But it was the Oilers who took advantage.
With the Panthers on power play, Oilers right winger Connor Brown stole a cross-ice pass near the Florida blue line and and broke free for a scoring chance with only goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky standing in his way.
Bobrovsky didn’t stand a chance. Brown deked him and snuck the puck past his right skate and into the net to open a 1-0 Edmonton lead.
On Saturday, Brown sparked the Edmonton scoring barrage by corralling a loose puck and assisting on a shorthanded Mattias Janmark goal early in the first period. The Oilers became the fourth team to score multiple shorthanded goals in the Stanley Cup Final in the past 30 years.
Brown’s goal marked the end of scoring in a first period that Edmonton dominated. The Oilers outshot the Panthers 10-6 and didn’t allow a Florida shot on goal in the final 14 minutes of the period.
Chaos reigns second…
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