Florida's Jesper Boqvist initiated the scoring when he, in a numerical disadvantage, stole the puck on his own half and set 1–0 for the visitors via an elegant solo raid with barely three minutes played of the first period.
Florida went to the period break with 2–1 but found themselves in a precarious situation in the middle act when the home team scored three goals in a row, with Mattias Ekholm credited with an assist. However, with just over two minutes left of the second period, Gustav Forsling was able to reduce the deficit.
The third period offered four more goals, where the visitors managed to pull ahead thanks to Carter Verhaeghe, who nailed the final score 6–5 for the reigning champions Florida when the game clock showed 13.05.
Edmonton's superstar Connor McDavid was disappointed with how the team squandered a 4–2 lead in front of the home crowd.
It was naturally a disappointment, it felt like we had the match under control. They were hungry, we need to play better than this to win, he says according to Aftonbladet.
