Oilers grab initiative in Stanley Cup with goal in OT

Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 29 saves as Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit before edging out the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch.
The Oilers, trying to become the first Canadian team to lift the coveted Stanley Cup since the Canadiens achieved the feat in 1993, beat the defending champions 4-3 to draw first blood in the series on Wednesday night .
Leon Draisaitl scored the decisive goal from a power play in overtime to separate the teams.
After Tomas Nosek's penalty for putting the puck over the glass, Draisaitl's goal 19:29 into OT sent the home fans into a frenzy and made sure the Oilers would not start this series like they did a year ago, when they fell behind three games to none.
For a while, it looked like they would at least start out trailing. Draisaitl's goal 66 seconds in was followed later in the first period by Sam Bennett deflecting a shot in past Skinner after falling into him.
Edmonton's Kris Knoblauch unsuccessfully challenged for goaltender interference, with the NHL's situation room ruling his own player, Jake Walman, had tripped Bennett into Skinner. The resulting penalty paved the way for Florida's Brad Marchand to score the go-ahead goal on the power play.
Bennett scored his second of the night early in the second period to put the Panthers 3-1 up. They entered 31-0 over the past three playoffs since coach Paul Maurice took over when leading at the first or second intermission.
With Connor McDavid leading the way, the Oilers rallied. Fourth-liner Viktor Arvidsson brought the crowd back to life early in the second, and fellow Swede Mattias Ekholm - playing just his second game back from an extended injury absence - tied it with 13:27 remaining in regulation off a perfect pass from McDavid.
At the other end, Skinner made a handful of saves that were vital to keeping the Panthers from extending their lead or tying it late in the third. Florida counterpart Sergei Bobrovsky did the same, in between derisive chants of "Sergei! Sergei!" that followed goals he allowed.
Skinner was greeted with friendlier chants of "Stuuuu" after saves, including one in the first minute of overtime on a quality scoring chance. Bobrovsky stone-cold robbed Trent Frederic nine minutes in but eventually cracked.
Game 2 is Friday night in Edmonton before the series shifts to Sunrise, Florida for Games 3 and 4.
Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 29 saves as Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit before edging out the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch.
The Oilers, trying to become the first Canadian team to lift the coveted Stanley Cup since the Canadiens achieved the feat in 1993, beat the defending champions 4-3 to draw first blood in the series on Wednesday night .
Leon Draisaitl scored the decisive goal from a power play in overtime to separate the teams.
After Tomas Nosek's penalty for putting the puck over the glass, Draisaitl's goal 19:29 into OT sent the home fans into a frenzy and made sure the Oilers would not start this series like they did a year ago, when they fell behind three games to none.
For a while, it looked like they would at least start out trailing. Draisaitl's goal 66 seconds in was followed later in the first period by Sam Bennett deflecting a shot in past Skinner after falling into him.
Edmonton's Kris Knoblauch unsuccessfully challenged for goaltender interference, with the NHL's situation room ruling his own player, Jake Walman, had tripped Bennett into Skinner. The resulting penalty paved the way for Florida's Brad Marchand to score the go-ahead goal on the power play.
Bennett scored his second of the night early in the second period to put the Panthers 3-1 up. They entered 31-0 over the past three playoffs since coach Paul Maurice took over when leading at the first or second intermission.
With Connor McDavid leading the way, the Oilers rallied. Fourth-liner Viktor Arvidsson brought the crowd back to life early in the second, and fellow Swede Mattias Ekholm - playing just his second game back from an extended injury absence - tied it with 13:27 remaining in regulation off a perfect pass from McDavid.
At the other end, Skinner made a handful of saves that were vital to keeping the Panthers from extending their lead or tying it late in the third. Florida counterpart Sergei Bobrovsky did the same, in between derisive chants of "Sergei! Sergei!" that followed goals he allowed.
Skinner was greeted with friendlier chants of "Stuuuu" after saves, including one in the first minute of overtime on a quality scoring chance. Bobrovsky stone-cold robbed Trent Frederic nine minutes in but eventually cracked.
Game 2 is Friday night in Edmonton before the series shifts to Sunrise, Florida for Games 3 and 4.
Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 29 saves as Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit before edging out the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch.
The Oilers, trying to become the first Canadian team to lift the coveted Stanley Cup since the Canadiens achieved the feat in 1993, beat the defending champions 4-3 to draw first blood in the series on Wednesday night .
Leon Draisaitl scored the decisive goal from a power play in overtime to separate the teams.
After Tomas Nosek's penalty for putting the puck over the glass, Draisaitl's goal 19:29 into OT sent the home fans into a frenzy and made sure the Oilers would not start this series like they did a year ago, when they fell behind three games to none.
For a while, it looked like they would at least start out trailing. Draisaitl's goal 66 seconds in was followed later in the first period by Sam Bennett deflecting a shot in past Skinner after falling into him.
Edmonton's Kris Knoblauch unsuccessfully challenged for goaltender interference, with the NHL's situation room ruling his own player, Jake Walman, had tripped Bennett into Skinner. The resulting penalty paved the way for Florida's Brad Marchand to score the go-ahead goal on the power play.
Bennett scored his second of the night early in the second period to put the Panthers 3-1 up. They entered 31-0 over the past three playoffs since coach Paul Maurice took over when leading at the first or second intermission.
With Connor McDavid leading the way, the Oilers rallied. Fourth-liner Viktor Arvidsson brought the crowd back to life early in the second, and fellow Swede Mattias Ekholm - playing just his second game back from an extended injury absence - tied it with 13:27 remaining in regulation off a perfect pass from McDavid.
At the other end, Skinner made a handful of saves that were vital to keeping the Panthers from extending their lead or tying it late in the third. Florida counterpart Sergei Bobrovsky did the same, in between derisive chants of "Sergei! Sergei!" that followed goals he allowed.
Skinner was greeted with friendlier chants of "Stuuuu" after saves, including one in the first minute of overtime on a quality scoring chance. Bobrovsky stone-cold robbed Trent Frederic nine minutes in but eventually cracked.
Game 2 is Friday night in Edmonton before the series shifts to Sunrise, Florida for Games 3 and 4.
Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 29 saves as Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit before edging out the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch.
The Oilers, trying to become the first Canadian team to lift the coveted Stanley Cup since the Canadiens achieved the feat in 1993, beat the defending champions 4-3 to draw first blood in the series on Wednesday night .
Leon Draisaitl scored the decisive goal from a power play in overtime to separate the teams.
After Tomas Nosek's penalty for putting the puck over the glass, Draisaitl's goal 19:29 into OT sent the home fans into a frenzy and made sure the Oilers would not start this series like they did a year ago, when they fell behind three games to none.
For a while, it looked like they would at least start out trailing. Draisaitl's goal 66 seconds in was followed later in the first period by Sam Bennett deflecting a shot in past Skinner after falling into him.
Edmonton's Kris Knoblauch unsuccessfully challenged for goaltender interference, with the NHL's situation room ruling his own player, Jake Walman, had tripped Bennett into Skinner. The resulting penalty paved the way for Florida's Brad Marchand to score the go-ahead goal on the power play.
Bennett scored his second of the night early in the second period to put the Panthers 3-1 up. They entered 31-0 over the past three playoffs since coach Paul Maurice took over when leading at the first or second intermission.
With Connor McDavid leading the way, the Oilers rallied. Fourth-liner Viktor Arvidsson brought the crowd back to life early in the second, and fellow Swede Mattias Ekholm - playing just his second game back from an extended injury absence - tied it with 13:27 remaining in regulation off a perfect pass from McDavid.
At the other end, Skinner made a handful of saves that were vital to keeping the Panthers from extending their lead or tying it late in the third. Florida counterpart Sergei Bobrovsky did the same, in between derisive chants of "Sergei! Sergei!" that followed goals he allowed.
Skinner was greeted with friendlier chants of "Stuuuu" after saves, including one in the first minute of overtime on a quality scoring chance. Bobrovsky stone-cold robbed Trent Frederic nine minutes in but eventually cracked.
Game 2 is Friday night in Edmonton before the series shifts to Sunrise, Florida for Games 3 and 4.

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Brad Marchand scored on a breakaway in double overtime as defending champion Florida punched back against Edmonton in Game 2 to level their Stanley Cup Final rematch. The Panthers won 5-4 on Friday night, with Marchand's second goal of the night coming 8:04 into the second OT. It allowed Florida to escape with a split after Corey Perry scored to tie it with 17.8 seconds left in the third period and Stuart Skinner pulled for an extra attacker. Each of the first two games this final have gone to overtime, for the first time since 2014 and just the sixth in NHL history. Much like last year and the playoff run to this point, Sergei Bobrovsky was dialled in when he was needed the most, making some unreal saves while stopping 42 of the 46 shots he faced. His teammates provided the necessary goal support. Along with Marchand, Sam Bennett scored his postseason-leading 13th goal and NHL record 12th on the road. Seth Jones scored into a wide-open net after some spectacular tic-tac-toe passing, and fellow defenceman Dmitry Kulikov tied it with a shot through traffic that Stuart Skinner almost certainly didn't see. Kulikov's goal came after Florida controlled play for several minutes in the second, hemming Edmonton in their zone shift after shift and piling up a 34-13 advantage in shot attempts during the period. Marchand's OT goal was his 10th career goal in the final to lead all active players. Game 3 is on Monday night as the teams traverse the continent and play shifts to Sunrise. The Panthers wrested home-ice advantage away from the Oilers by splitting the first two, rebounding from a Game 1 overtime loss and asserting they won't go quietly against Draisaitl and Connor McDavid looking like they'll do everything in their power to hoist the Cup for the first time. Of course, those stars had their moments. They assisted on Evan Bouchard's goal when coach Kris Knoblauch put them on the ice together, and McDavid stickhandled through multiple defenders in highlight-reel fashion to set up Draisaitl scoring on the power play. There were a lot of those - 10 in total - after officials whistled 14 penalties, including three in the first four minutes. Each team had a few calls they were not happy with, though most of that evened out over the course of the game. Brad Marchand scored on a breakaway in double overtime as defending champion Florida punched back against Edmonton in Game 2 to level their Stanley Cup Final rematch. The Panthers won 5-4 on Friday night, with Marchand's second goal of the night coming 8:04 into the second OT. It allowed Florida to escape with a split after Corey Perry scored to tie it with 17.8 seconds left in the third period and Stuart Skinner pulled for an extra attacker. Each of the first two games this final have gone to overtime, for the first time since 2014 and just the sixth in NHL history. Much like last year and the playoff run to this point, Sergei Bobrovsky was dialled in when he was needed the most, making some unreal saves while stopping 42 of the 46 shots he faced. His teammates provided the necessary goal support. Along with Marchand, Sam Bennett scored his postseason-leading 13th goal and NHL record 12th on the road. Seth Jones scored into a wide-open net after some spectacular tic-tac-toe passing, and fellow defenceman Dmitry Kulikov tied it with a shot through traffic that Stuart Skinner almost certainly didn't see. Kulikov's goal came after Florida controlled play for several minutes in the second, hemming Edmonton in their zone shift after shift and piling up a 34-13 advantage in shot attempts during the period. Marchand's OT goal was his 10th career goal in the final to lead all active players. Game 3 is on Monday night as the teams traverse the continent and play shifts to Sunrise. The Panthers wrested home-ice advantage away from the Oilers by splitting the first two, rebounding from a Game 1 overtime loss and asserting they won't go quietly against Draisaitl and Connor McDavid looking like they'll do everything in their power to hoist the Cup for the first time. Of course, those stars had their moments. They assisted on Evan Bouchard's goal when coach Kris Knoblauch put them on the ice together, and McDavid stickhandled through multiple defenders in highlight-reel fashion to set up Draisaitl scoring on the power play. There were a lot of those - 10 in total - after officials whistled 14 penalties, including three in the first four minutes. Each team had a few calls they were not happy with, though most of that evened out over the course of the game. Brad Marchand scored on a breakaway in double overtime as defending champion Florida punched back against Edmonton in Game 2 to level their Stanley Cup Final rematch. The Panthers won 5-4 on Friday night, with Marchand's second goal of the night coming 8:04 into the second OT. It allowed Florida to escape with a split after Corey Perry scored to tie it with 17.8 seconds left in the third period and Stuart Skinner pulled for an extra attacker. Each of the first two games this final have gone to overtime, for the first time since 2014 and just the sixth in NHL history. Much like last year and the playoff run to this point, Sergei Bobrovsky was dialled in when he was needed the most, making some unreal saves while stopping 42 of the 46 shots he faced. His teammates provided the necessary goal support. Along with Marchand, Sam Bennett scored his postseason-leading 13th goal and NHL record 12th on the road. Seth Jones scored into a wide-open net after some spectacular tic-tac-toe passing, and fellow defenceman Dmitry Kulikov tied it with a shot through traffic that Stuart Skinner almost certainly didn't see. Kulikov's goal came after Florida controlled play for several minutes in the second, hemming Edmonton in their zone shift after shift and piling up a 34-13 advantage in shot attempts during the period. Marchand's OT goal was his 10th career goal in the final to lead all active players. Game 3 is on Monday night as the teams traverse the continent and play shifts to Sunrise. The Panthers wrested home-ice advantage away from the Oilers by splitting the first two, rebounding from a Game 1 overtime loss and asserting they won't go quietly against Draisaitl and Connor McDavid looking like they'll do everything in their power to hoist the Cup for the first time. Of course, those stars had their moments. They assisted on Evan Bouchard's goal when coach Kris Knoblauch put them on the ice together, and McDavid stickhandled through multiple defenders in highlight-reel fashion to set up Draisaitl scoring on the power play. There were a lot of those - 10 in total - after officials whistled 14 penalties, including three in the first four minutes. Each team had a few calls they were not happy with, though most of that evened out over the course of the game. Brad Marchand scored on a breakaway in double overtime as defending champion Florida punched back against Edmonton in Game 2 to level their Stanley Cup Final rematch. The Panthers won 5-4 on Friday night, with Marchand's second goal of the night coming 8:04 into the second OT. It allowed Florida to escape with a split after Corey Perry scored to tie it with 17.8 seconds left in the third period and Stuart Skinner pulled for an extra attacker. Each of the first two games this final have gone to overtime, for the first time since 2014 and just the sixth in NHL history. Much like last year and the playoff run to this point, Sergei Bobrovsky was dialled in when he was needed the most, making some unreal saves while stopping 42 of the 46 shots he faced. His teammates provided the necessary goal support. Along with Marchand, Sam Bennett scored his postseason-leading 13th goal and NHL record 12th on the road. Seth Jones scored into a wide-open net after some spectacular tic-tac-toe passing, and fellow defenceman Dmitry Kulikov tied it with a shot through traffic that Stuart Skinner almost certainly didn't see. Kulikov's goal came after Florida controlled play for several minutes in the second, hemming Edmonton in their zone shift after shift and piling up a 34-13 advantage in shot attempts during the period. Marchand's OT goal was his 10th career goal in the final to lead all active players. Game 3 is on Monday night as the teams traverse the continent and play shifts to Sunrise. The Panthers wrested home-ice advantage away from the Oilers by splitting the first two, rebounding from a Game 1 overtime loss and asserting they won't go quietly against Draisaitl and Connor McDavid looking like they'll do everything in their power to hoist the Cup for the first time. Of course, those stars had their moments. They assisted on Evan Bouchard's goal when coach Kris Knoblauch put them on the ice together, and McDavid stickhandled through multiple defenders in highlight-reel fashion to set up Draisaitl scoring on the power play. There were a lot of those - 10 in total - after officials whistled 14 penalties, including three in the first four minutes. Each team had a few calls they were not happy with, though most of that evened out over the course of the game.