Sergei Bobrovsky recorded a 32-save shutout as the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 Saturday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Sergei Bobrovsky recorded a 32-save shutout as the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.“We generated chances, we had looks,” Oilers captain Connor McDavid said. “Not a ton of puck luck around their net.”
The Panthers scored on their first shot of the game, with Carter Verhaeghe finishing off a three-on-two 3:59 into the game. The Oilers had several good scoring chances and outshot Florida 12-4 in the first. Adam Henrique went to the backhand on a breakaway, but Bobrovsky made a left pad save. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins went in alone on a power play less than two minutes later. Again, Bobrovsky made a big stop.Early in the second, Sam Bennett won a race and swept the puck in front to Evan Rodrigues, who popped a shot over Stuart Skinner’s left shoulder to make it 2-0 Panthers. The Oilers again tested Bobrovsky several times, but were unable to break through.
“I thought, overall, we played a pretty good game,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said. “We had some chances to score goals and they didn’t go in. “We know that Florida — probably — that wasn’t their best game. anticipate them to much better the next one. I think they probably got caught off-guard. Just you guys talking about how good they were and we didn’t have a chance in this series.”“Maybe it was the hockey gods getting us back for that Game 6 where we probably didn’t deserve to win,” McDavid said. “We’ll gear up for a big one on Monday.
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