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Panthers instrumentality attraction of Oilers for 3-2 bid pb (1:59)
The Florida Panthers grounds their 10th postseason triumph connected the roadworthy arsenic they propulsion wrong 1 triumph of different Stanley Cup title. (1:59)
Associated Press
Jun 14, 2025, 11:10 PM ET
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Brad Marchand scored twice, Sam Bennett had his NHL playoff-leading 15th extremity and the Florida Panthers moved to the verge of a 2nd consecutive Stanley Cup rubric by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 successful Game 5 connected Saturday night.
The Panthers improved to 10-3 connected the roadworthy this playoffs. They tin hoist the Cup again arsenic soon arsenic Tuesday nighttime if they triumph Game 6 connected location crystal successful Sunrise.
Florida this clip built a multigoal pb and built connected it, dissimilar a mates of erstwhile games successful the final. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 of the 21 shots helium faced, making immoderate important saves erstwhile needed, and was aided by lockdown defence that took crystal distant from the Oilers.
Marchand, Bennett and Sam Reinhart provided the offense. Marchand joined Mario Lemieux arsenic the lone players successful the past half-century to people five-plus goals successful a last aggregate times, and his 13 vocation goals successful the last are the astir among progressive players.
Connor McDavid scored his archetypal extremity of the bid aft the Oilers fell down 3-0. Reinhart's came 46 seconds aboriginal to reconstruct the Panthers' three-goal lead, and by the clip Corey Perry scored with 3:13 left, it was excessively late.
Eetu Luostarinen sealed it with an empty-netter with 1:19 left, silencing the erstwhile fired-up assemblage for a last time.
Edmonton's powerfulness play went 0 for 3, a merchandise of the Panthers' assertive punishment termination knocking McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the remainder of the apical portion retired of their accustomed rhythm.
Calvin Pickard mislaid for the archetypal clip successful 8 starts this spring, allowing 4 goals connected 18 shots. He got the motion implicit Stuart Skinner aft entering successful alleviation and winning Game 4 to amended to 7-0, a grounds that is present 7-1.
Skinner could beryllium backmost successful for Game 6, with the Panthers aiming to adjacent things retired pursuing different cross-continental travel backmost to the different country of North America. They are successful this spot aft bouncing backmost from blowing a three-goal pb and falling successful overtime successful Game 4, taking vantage of their extent to nonstop the Oilers to the brink again.
