Thanks to a strong comeback and match winner Leon Draisaitl, the Edmonton Oilers kept their dream of Stanley Cup alive. In game four of the final series at the reigning Champion Florida Panthers, the team around the German ice hockey star was 0: 3 behind, but ultimately won 5: 4 in overtime – thanks to a hit by Draisaitl.
It is now 2-2 in the series because the Oilers proved great morality. As with the 1: 6 description three days earlier, the Panthers started, after three goals conceded in the first third, the team from Canada also equalized in the second round thanks to two templates from Draisaitl, and the final third remained offset. In the extension, the Cologne team made the difference with a strong one -handed shot.
With a bankruptcy, the Oilers in the best-of-Seven series with their backs to the wall and before the second defeat of the final would have been against Florida. Before game five, which takes place in Edmonton on Sunday (2:00 a.m. CEST), everything is still open. It would be the first triumph for the Oilers since 1990.