With a win in the overtime, they have Edmonton Oilers In the final series of the NHL the equalization against the Florida Panthers done. After four games it is now 2-2. Leon Draisaitl marked the decisive goal.
Edmonton won the fourth game around the Stanley Cup 5: 4 (0: 3, 3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0). Florida only equalized to 4: 4, which made the extension possible, only 19 seconds before the end of the regular season.
Draisaitl meets after 71 minutes
In overtime it was Leon Draisaitl who scored the winning goal for the Oilers in the 12th minute of extra time. “It shows once again that our team never gives up “said Draisaitl after the game: “We don’t want to get into these situations too often, but when they come, we are great in it.”
“He is one of the best players in the world”Teammate Wassili Podkolzin said about Edmonton’s match winner. “He is incredible, we can always rely on him”added Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
Furious start of the Panthers
As with the 1: 6 description three days earlier, the Panthers started and after three early goals after the first third led 3: 0.The aggressive forechecking of the Panthers unsettled the Oilers, who made early time penalties that used the Panthers ice cold.
In the second third, the Oilers exchanged the goalkeeper and promptly came into play. Thanks to two templates from Draisaitl, the equalizer also managed. The final third then weighed back and forth. First, the Oilers took the lead before the Panthers were able to compensate for late. In the extension, pop superstar Taylor Swift and her friend, the NFL star Travis Kelce, beat the hour of Leon Draisaitl.
A victory would have given the Panther’s three match balls in the best-of-Seven series. Florida had already won the Stanley Cup last year. It would be the first triumph for the Oilers since 1990.