EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl scored on the ability play in additional time, Stuart Skinner made 29 saves, and the Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit to beat the defending champion Florida Panthers 4-3 in Sport 1 of the Stanley Cup Last rematch on Wednesday night time.
After Tomas Nosek’s penalty for placing the puck over the glass, Draisaitl’s purpose 19:29 into OT despatched the house followers right into a frenzy and made certain the Oilers wouldn’t begin this collection like they did a 12 months in the past, after they fell behind three video games to none.
For some time, it seemed like they might at the least begin out trailing. Draisaitl’s purpose 66 seconds in was adopted later within the first interval by Sam Bennett deflecting a shot in previous Skinner after falling into him.
Edmonton’s Kris Knoblauch unsuccessfully challenged for goaltender interference, with the NHL’s state of affairs room ruling that his personal participant, Jake Walman, tripped Bennett into Skinner. The ensuing penalty paved the way in which for Florida’s Brad Marchand to attain the go-ahead purpose on the ability play.
Bennett scoring his second of the night time early within the second interval put the Panthers up 3-1. They entered 31-0 over the previous three playoffs since coach Paul Maurice took over when main on the first or second intermission.
With Connor McDavid main the way in which, the Oilers rallied. Fourth-liner Viktor Arvidsson introduced the group again to life early within the second, and fellow Swede Mattias Ekholm — taking part in simply his second sport again from an prolonged damage absence — tied it with 13:27 remaining in regulation off an ideal move from McDavid.
On the different finish, Skinner made a handful of saves that had been very important to protecting the Panthers from extending their lead or tying it late within the third. Florida counterpart Sergei Bobrovsky did the identical, in between derisive chants of “Sergei! Sergei!” that adopted objectives he allowed.
Skinner was greeted with friendlier chants of “Stuuuu” after saves, together with one within the first minute of additional time on a top quality scoring likelihood. Bobrovsky stone-cold robbed Trent Frederic 9 minutes in however ultimately cracked.
Sport 2 is scheduled for Friday night time in Edmonton, earlier than the collection shifts to Dawn, Florida, for Video games 3 and 4.
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