After two goals by Brad Marchand, Panthers, a bit into the third period, could take the lead with 3-0. It became too much for Edmonton Oilers to recover despite home advantage and the match ended 5-2 to Panthers.
In the end of NHL's regular season, the surprise was great when one of Boston Bruins' biggest stars after 16 seasons left the club and moved south to the already star-studded Florida Panthers. And there he has now played a decisive role in several of the matches. The night's match was his second in the final series where he made two goals. Add to that the decisive goal in the second overtime period in match number two.
Brad Marchand has scored a total of six goals in the matches against Edmonton.
Edmonton's star player Connor McDavid has had it tougher in the final series, the night's goal was his first in the match series against Florida. Nevertheless, he tops the playoff's scoring list together with teammate Leon Dreisaitl with a total of 33 points.
Florida's Swedish defender Gustav Forsling was matched as usual hard with more than 25 minutes of playing time, most in Panthers.
Now the match series turns back to Florida where Panthers on Tuesday night in front of the home audience can again become Stanley Cup champions.
It's the kind of matches you dream of getting to play, it's going to be great fun, says Gustav Forsling to Sportbladet.
Of course, we'll try to decide it at once, but we take it easy and just recharge now.
For Edmonton, Mattias Ekholm was credited with an assist. Afterwards, he was naturally disappointed:
We need to get our own game going earlier in the match and not worry about anything else. I think we all agree in the team that we can play better, he says to nhl.com.
