Edmonton bagged plenty of looks in Florida’s 3-0 victory to open the Stanley Cup final, but the players know they must bear down even harder to tie the series in Game 2
Theforward – the team’s longest-serving player, one who endured some of the franchise’s darkest days – was stoned by the Florida Panthers goaltender with a full-stretch pad save.
Much like the chances that fell to Nugent-Hopkins, Oilers captain Connor McDavid, forward Adam Henrique and defenceman Evan Bouchard all had terrific opportunities on Bobrovsky. “They’re just going to be better,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said. “We'll see more from them.” Edmonton, a team that started the season a disastrous 2-9-1, has been here before. The group trailed the Vancouver Canucks 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 in the second round before falling behind the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Western Conference final.
“Maybe not showing up on the scoresheet as much as he has in the past,” Knoblauch said of the 32-year-old. “But still contributing to our team. I don’t think we'd be in the Stanley Cup final if Evander hadn’t been playing throughout the playoffs.”
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