Like the first Stanley Cup final, the second also went to overtime. The last time Edmonton won, but this time Florida emerged victorious from the struggle and won 5–4.
“Intensive final”
Florida's Brad Marchand was the match hero after coming free against the goalkeeper Stuart Skinner. Despite hard pressure from Edmonton's defense, he could lift in the winning goal with a backhand and silence the home crowd in Edmonton.
It's an intense final. They fought very hard and came back strongly, but I really liked how we played tonight. We must continue to play like that, says Brad Marchand to Sportsnet.
Edmonton was in the underdog position in the final part of the third period and managed to take the match to overtime with a late equalizing goal. It was just 18 seconds left of regular playing time when Corey Perry scored the 4–4 goal.
Klingberg saved
In overtime, the Swedish Edmonton defenseman John Klingberg then managed to save his team and hit the puck on the goal line when the goalkeeper Stuart Skinner was overplayed and Marchand had an open goal.
Now it's 1–1 in the best of seven matches. The third match is played on the night to Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Edmonton is the favorite and Brad Marchand says that the key to Florida's success is to try to stop the superstars Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid.
Their team is incredibly good, they have the world's two best players. It will be incredibly difficult, we have no idea how it will go, but it's such opportunities and matches that you dream of as a child, he says to Sportsnet.
