Oilers overcome 3-0 series deficit against Panthers and force Game 7 – NBC 6 South Florida
The 2024 Stanley Cup Final was once a 3-0 series. Now it goes into a 7th game.
The Edmonton Oilers won their third straight elimination game against the Florida Panthers on Friday, tying the series at 3-3 and forcing a Game 7. The Oilers won Game 6 5-1 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
Connor McDavid and Co. are only the third team to ever force a Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Final after trailing 3-0 once in the series. And Edmonton is now just one win away from becoming the second team to overcome a 3-0 deficit in the Cup Final series. There have only been four NHL clubs to ever overcome a 3-0 deficit in the postseason.
The Oilers opened Game 6 with three unanswered goals and took a 3-0 lead into the third period. Warren Foegele scored the game’s first goal seven minutes into the opening period.
Adam Henrique and Zach Hyman then extended Edmonton’s lead with goals in the second period. Henrique scored on a power play while Hyman beat Sergei Bobrovsky on a solo effort.
The Panthers had a goal disallowed in the second period. Aleksander Barkov scored just seconds after Henrique, but the goal was disallowed for offside following an Edmonton foul.
The disallowed goal left Panthers head coach Paul Maurice furious.
Barkov finally got Florida on the scoreboard a minute into the final period, but the Panthers didn’t get any closer as they continued to struggle on the power play. The Panthers shot 0 of 3 power play goals, including a third period chance, and are now 1 of 19 in the series. The only power play goal came in Game 2.
Ryan McLeod and Darnell Nurse scored goals into the empty net for Edmonton in the final minutes to secure the win.
The Oilers’ Game 7 against the Panthers is scheduled for Monday night. The Panthers, seeking their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, have home-court advantage at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida.
It will be the first Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Final between the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins since 2019. The Blues won Game 7 in Boston 4-1.
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