EDMONTON, Alberta — Brad Marchand scored twice, Sam Bennett had his NHL playoff-leading fifteenth objective and the Florida Panthers moved to the verge of a second consecutive Stanley Cup title by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 in Sport 5 on Saturday evening.
The Panthers improved to 10-3 on the highway this playoffs. They’ll hoist the Cup once more as quickly as Tuesday evening in the event that they win Sport 6 on dwelling ice in Dawn.
Florida this time constructed a multigoal lead and constructed on it, not like a few earlier video games within the remaining. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 of the 21 photographs he confronted, making some vital saves when wanted, and was aided by lockdown protection that took ice away from the Oilers.
Marchand, Bennett and Sam Reinhart supplied the offense. Marchand joined Mario Lemieux as the one gamers prior to now half-century to attain five-plus objectives in a remaining a number of occasions, and his 13 profession objectives within the remaining are essentially the most amongst lively gamers.
Connor McDavid scored his first objective of the sequence after the Oilers fell behind 3-0. Reinhart’s got here 46 seconds later to revive the Panthers’ three-goal lead, and by the point Corey Perry scored with 3:13 left, it was too late.
Eetu Luostarinen sealed it with an empty-netter with 1:19 left, silencing the as soon as fired-up crowd for a remaining time.
Edmonton’s energy play went 0 for 3, a product of the Panthers’ aggressive penalty kill knocking McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the remainder of the highest unit out of their traditional rhythm.
Calvin Pickard misplaced for the primary time in eight begins this spring, permitting 4 objectives on 18 photographs. He obtained the nod over Stuart Skinner after coming into in reduction and successful Sport 4 to enhance to 7-0, a document that’s now 7-1.
Skinner might be again in for Sport 6, with the Panthers aiming to shut issues out following one other cross-continental journey again to the opposite nook of North America. They’re on this spot after bouncing again from blowing a three-goal lead and falling in time beyond regulation in Sport 4, profiting from their depth to ship the Oilers to the brink once more.
