Stanley Cup Final: Edmonton Oilers force Game 7 with 5-1 win over Florida Panthers

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Edmonton Oilers forced a seventh and deciding game in the Stanley Cup Final by beating the Florida Panthers 5-1 Friday night at Rogers Place.It’s just the tenth time in NHL history a team has extended a series to seven games after trailing 3-0.“Obviously the moment gets bigger every game you go further, but it’s just another elimination game,” Oilers forward Zach Hyman said.“I’ve been here a long time and been through some pretty bad years and seemingly the people that were there tonight showed up every night,” Leon Draisaitl said. “So to give them (a win) is pretty special and hopefully we can finish the job for them.”Warren Foegele opened the scoring 7:27 into the first, converting a pass from Draisaitl for his third of the post-season.

The Oilers outshot the Panthers 11-2 in the first.Just 46 seconds into the second, Adam Henrique took a feed from Mattias Janmark and beat Sergei Bobrovsky blocker side for his fourth.Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers only ten seconds later, but the goal was negated after the Oilers successfully challenged for offside.It was a lengthy video review with the Panthers appearing to be just a whisker offside on the zone entry.“I didn’t think it was that close,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said of the review. “The only hesitation there was — maybe there wasn’t the right video.

In my mind it was definitely offside.”“It’s a nice break to go our way, for sure,” Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. “We had a good feeling.“It still makes you nervous about whether they’re seeing it or whether it’s conclusive, but we had a good feeling about that one.”Phenomenal.