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THE EDMONTON OILERS
Records, they say, are made to be broken. Well, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers just broke multiple … in the same game … to potentially save their season. Draisatil scored the game-winner to propel Edmonton to a 5-4 overtime Game 4 win over the Panthers. The series is tied 2-2.
Matthew Tkachuk tallied a pair of first-period power play goals, and Anton Lundell made it 3-0 later in the period. Edmonton looked awful, taking too many penalties and getting nothing going offensively.Edmonton pulled goalie Stuart Skinner for Calvin Pickard, and the tide soon shifted. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (on a power play) and Darnell Nurse (from a sharp angle) scored up high, and Vasily Podkolzin scored on a scramble in front of the net to tie the game.A Jake Walman drive put the Oilers ahead 4-3 in the third period, but Sam Reinhart tied the game off a frantic sequence with 19.5 seconds left. It was the second-latest game-tying goal in Stanley Cup Final history … only behind Corey Perry‘s in Game 2.Florida controlled much of the overtime — but Pickard made several huge stops — before Draisaitl took a cross-ice pass and scored after his one-handed shot deflected off Niko Mikkola through Sergei Bobrovsky‘s legs.
History, part one: Teams who trailed by three or more goals after one period were 0-37 in Stanley Cup Final history. History, part two: It’s tied for the largest Stanley Cup Final road comeback with the 1919 Canadiens. History, part three: Draisaitl’s four overtime goals are most in a single postseason.
Wow, wow, wow. What a game. What a series.
👍 Honorable mentions
👎 Not so honorable mentions
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