EDMONTON — The Oilers still have life in the Stanley Cup final. Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists as Edmonton thumped Florida 8-1 on Saturday to cut the Panthers' lead in the best-of-seven title series to 3-1.
Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists as Edmonton thumped Florida 8-1 on Saturday to cut the Panthers' lead in the best-of-seven title series to 3-1.
Vladimir Tarasenko replied for the Panthers. Florida will have another chance to clinch in Game 5 on Tuesday at home in Sunrise, Fla. Anthony Stolarz stopped 17 shots in relief. Turnovers and mental errors at inopportune times, along with an inability to figure out Bobrovsky, put Edmonton in that deep hole.Janmark opened the scoring at 3:11 of the first with his third goal of the playoffs — and second short-handed effort this spring — with Nurse in the box for tripping.
Edmonton fell to 0-for-11 on the man advantage in the series, but Henrique made it 2-0 at 7:48 with his third off a pass from Janmark as Rogers Place erupted into a euphoric sea of blue and orange. Edmonton, which is looking to become the first Canadian team to win the Cup since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens, scored three times on 10 shots after the Panthers goaltender stopped 82 of 86 attempts through the first three games.
Stolarz steadied things, but the Panthers, who lost in the final in both 1996 and last spring in their only other trips, took two penalties on the same scrum when both Tkachuk and Sam Bennett went after McDavid.
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