Draisaitl's latest OT goal seals Oilers' thrilling rally

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Leon Draisaitl scored successful overtime for the 4th clip this playoffs, and the Edmonton Oilers bushed the Florida Panthers 5-4 successful Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final connected Thursday nighttime to necktie the series, erasing a three-goal shortage and bouncing backmost aft allowing the precocious tying goal.

Jake Walman gave the Oilers their archetypal pb with 6:24 near successful the 3rd period, earlier Sam Reinhart scored with 19.5 seconds near to nonstop it to overtime. Three of the archetypal 4 games of this last person needed other clip to beryllium settled, the archetypal clip that has happened since 2013 and 5th clip successful NHL history.

Draisaitl's extremity 11:18 into OT -- the 4th league of other hockey betwixt these teams -- sent the bid backmost to Western Canada each even. Game 5 of what's turning into a classical back-and-forth bid betwixt 2 hockey heavyweights is Saturday nighttime successful Edmonton.

The Oilers became the archetypal roadworthy squad to rally from down 3 to triumph a crippled successful the last since the Montreal Canadiens against the Seattle Metropolitans successful 1919. Only six teams person travel backmost from down 3 successful the last successful NHL history, the past clip successful 2006.

Edmonton is precise overmuch successful it now, adjacent aft it looked similar it would beryllium blown retired of the series. The Oilers fell down 3-0 successful the archetypal play connected a brace of goals by Matthew Tkachuk and different with 41.7 seconds near from Anton Lundell, which could person been a back-breaker.

Coach Kris Knoblauch pulled Stuart Skinner aft his starter allowed those 3 goals connected 17 shots successful the first, erstwhile the crystal was tilted against him and his teammates did not person overmuch of a pushback. In went Calvin Pickard, the journeyman backup who won each six of his starts this playoffs earlier getting injured.

Pickard made immoderate acrobatic saves, stopping the archetypal 18 shots helium faced and paving the mode for a once-in-a-century comeback. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored connected Edmonton's archetypal powerfulness play, Darnell Nurse bushed Sergei Bobrovsky with different changeable up precocious and Vasily Podkolzin made it 3-all with little than 5 minutes near successful the second.

With Draisaitl successful the punishment container to commencement the third, Oilers were connected their heels for respective minutes and relied connected Pickard to support the people tied. He turned speech each changeable helium faced until Walman fired the puck past Bobrovsky to soundlessness a immense bulk of the assemblage and incite a roar retired of the Edmonton fans among those successful attendance on with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

Panthers fans had 1 much accidental to cheer erstwhile Reinhart tied it late. Then Draisaitl quieted them again.

With Hockey Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky, Jaromir Jagr and Henrik Lundqvist besides successful the building, the Oilers made definite they would not spell softly and autumn down 3-1 successful the last similar they did past year. They forced Game 7 past but yet fell short, with Florida winning the Cup for the archetypal clip successful franchise history.

Now each of these teams is simply a mates of victories distant from being champions.