Panthers dominate Oilers, chase Skinner in rout

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett scored again, Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe each got their archetypal extremity successful the Stanley Cup Final and the defending champion Florida Panthers capitalized connected the Edmonton Oilers' worst show successful weeks to triumph Game 3 successful a 6-1 rout Monday nighttime and instrumentality a 2-1 bid lead.

Marchand became the oldest subordinate to people successful each of the archetypal 3 games of a last and the archetypal to unfastened the scoring the adjacent clip retired aft notching an overtime winner. His 11 goals successful the last are the astir among progressive players, 1 much than likewise ageless Corey Perry.

Bennett added his NHL playoff-leading 14th goal, conscionable the 2nd astatine home, aft making a large deed connected Edmonton's Vasily Podkolzin that contributed to the turnover to outpouring him connected a breakaway. Marchand and Bennett person combined to people 8 of Florida's 13 goals successful the series.

But it was not conscionable them this time. Verhaeghe buried a cleanable changeable into the nett nether the transverse barroom connected the powerfulness play, Reinhart made up for missing the nett connected an earlier attempt, Aaron Ekblad scored to pursuit Stuart Skinner connected the 5th extremity connected 23 shots and Evan Rodrigues added the exclamation constituent successful the waning minutes.

At the different extremity of the ice, Sergei Bobrovsky earned the "Bobby! Bobby!" chants from a fired up South Florida crowd. The two-time Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender known arsenic "Bob" was connected his crippled for the precise fewer prime chances the discombobulated Oilers mustered, making 32 saves.

Perry -- astatine 40 the oldest subordinate successful the bid -- bushed Bobrovsky with immoderate silky hands for a power-play goal, keeping up this last being a showcase of cagey veterans on with Marchand.

Connor McDavid could not get his squad connected track, and Edmonton took 15 minors -- led by Evander Kane's 3 positive a misconduct to adhd up to 85 punishment minutes -- including a brawl that ensued with little than 10 minutes left. Trent Frederic and Darnell Nurse, who fought Jonah Gadjovich, got misconducts that knocked them retired of a crippled with an result determined agelong before.

After the last looked arsenic evenly matched arsenic tin beryllium with Games 1 and 2 each needing other time, overtime and past treble OT, Game 3 was a lopsided mismatch. The Oilers came unglued to the constituent Jake Walman resorted to squirting h2o connected Panthers players connected their seat from his spot connected the visiting side.

The teams person immoderate other clip disconnected earlier Game 4 connected Thursday night, erstwhile the Panthers person the accidental to instrumentality a 3-1 pb and determination to the verge of going backmost to back.