The Edmonton Oilers are down 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Final to the Florida Panthers after a 4-3 loss on Thursday night at Rogers Place.
A visibly upset Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid, along with centre Leon Draisaitl and goaltender Stuart Skinner react to their Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final, in which the Florida Panthers held on to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday and take a 3-0 chokehold in the best-of-seven title series.“It’s 3-0. That’s the only frustration,” Oilers captain Connor McDavid lamented post-game. “It doesn’t matter how the games went, all that matters is the result.
“I thought we had lots of looks–I thought the game was right there, but a couple mistakes and they find a way to score,” McDavid said.Click to share quote on Twitter: "I thought we had lots of looks-I thought the game was right there, but a couple mistakes and they find a way to score," McDavid said.
The Oilers continued to be unable to solve Bobrovsky in the first period. He turned aside 13 shots, including a save on Connor McDavid just as an Oilers power play expired. With the teams playing four-on-four, Sam Reinhart tipped a pass from Gustav Forsling past Stuart Skinner to make it 1-0 Panthers with 1:02 left in the first.Less than two minutes into the second, Adam Henrique sent Warren Foegele in on a breakaway. Foegele popped a shot past Bobrovsky’s glove for his first goal since the opening game of the post-season.The Panthers regained the lead when Skinner failed to cleanly play the puck behind the net.
Less than five minutes later, Matthew Tkachuk and set up Sam Bennett for a 3-1 lead. Aleksander Barkov went in alone and sniped to give the Panthers three goals in 6:19.Six minutes into the third, Philip Broberg recorded his second of the playoffs when his wrister banked in off Panthers defenceman Niko Mikkola. Ryan McLeod scored on a deflection to bring the Oilers within one with 5:17 left. McLeod had a point blank look about a minute later, but Bobrovsky came up with a spectacular save.
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