Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice speaks after his team beat the host Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
This was the first time the Panthers and Oilers have played since Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Panthers snapped Edmonton’s five-game winning streak by stopping a two-game slide of their own.
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Monday, the Panthers took a 1-0 lead on a shorthanded goal by Jesper Boqvist before Matthew Tkachuk made it 2-1 at the end of the first.
Down 4-2, Gus Forsling scored at the end of the second before the Panthers got three in the third from Niko Mikkola, Sam Reinhart, and Carter Verhaeghe.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves in the win.
Florida wraps up its five-game road trip (2-2-0) on Wednesday at Minnesota on TNT.
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3 Comments
Both teams competed well till the very end! It could have gone either way
We’re still the champs. Beat a red hot Edmonton team without the best two way forward in the NHL. They battled back, and got the W. Go Panthers.
Scratch Ekblad and let Barky play some D!