Stanley Cup Final: Oilers force Game 7 against Panthers
The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Friday to force a winner-take-all Game 7 for the Stanley Cup.
The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Friday to force a winner-take-all Game 7 for the Stanley Cup.
Friday’s third-straight loss by the Panthers sets up what could be an epic Stanley Cup collapse. Only one team in NHL history has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit to win the championship.
Game 6 was a far cry from Florida's first three wins in those early days of the series, when the Panthers scored 11 goals combined.
On Friday, Edmonton kept the Panthers scoreless until early in the third period, when Florida’s Aleksander Barkov made a goal to bring the score to 1-3. It would be the Panthers’ only one.
Warren Foegele, Adam Henrique and Zach Hyman had the first three goals for the Oilers. Ryan McLeod and Darnell Nurse scored the final two goals late in the game against an empty net to seal the 5-1 win.
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