EDMONTON, Alberta — Brad Marchand scored twice, Sam Bennett had his NHL playoff-leading fifteenth purpose and the Florida Panthers moved to the verge of a second consecutive Stanley Cup title by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 in Sport 5 on Saturday night time.
The Panthers improved to 10-3 on the highway this playoffs. They’ll hoist the Cup once more as quickly as Tuesday night time in the event that they win Sport 6 on house ice in Dawn.
Florida this time constructed a multigoal lead and constructed on it, not like a few earlier video games within the remaining. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 of the 21 photographs he confronted, making some necessary saves when wanted, and was aided by lockdown protection that took ice away from the Oilers.
Marchand, Bennett and Sam Reinhart supplied the offense. Marchand joined Mario Lemieux as the one gamers prior to now half-century to attain five-plus targets in a remaining a number of occasions, and his 13 profession targets within the remaining are essentially the most amongst lively gamers.
Connor McDavid scored his first purpose of the sequence after the Oilers fell behind 3-0. Reinhart’s got here 46 seconds later to revive the Panthers’ three-goal lead, and by the point Corey Perry scored with 3:13 left, it was too late.
Eetu Luostarinen sealed it with an empty-netter with 1:19 left, silencing the as soon as fired-up crowd for a remaining time.
Edmonton’s energy play went 0 for 3, a product of the Panthers’ aggressive penalty kill knocking McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the remainder of the highest unit out of their common rhythm.
Calvin Pickard misplaced for the primary time in eight begins this spring, permitting 4 targets on 18 photographs. He bought the nod over Stuart Skinner after coming into in aid and profitable Sport 4 to enhance to 7-0, a report that’s now 7-1.
Skinner could possibly be again in for Sport 6, with the Panthers aiming to shut issues out following one other cross-continental journey again to the opposite nook of North America. They’re on this spot after bouncing again from blowing a three-goal lead and falling in time beyond regulation in Sport 4, profiting from their depth to ship the Oilers to the brink once more.