The Edmonton Oilers turned the 211th staff to path 3-0 in a collection in NHL historical past – they’re now only one win away from turning into the fifth to finish the comeback.
The Oilers turned the tenth staff in NHL historical past to drive a Recreation 7 after trailing a collection three video games to none on Friday after beating the Florida Panthers, 5-1.
After practically 20,000 followers belted the Canadian nationwide anthem on the high of their lungs, Warren Foegele in some way obtained them to scream even louder, discovering the again of the online and giving the Oilers a 1-0 lead. As for Florida, that they had simply two pictures on objective within the first interval, one among which got here from 170 toes away, so it was basically an accident. It was the fewest pictures that they had in a interval all 12 months.
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Edmonton Oilers left wing Zach Hyman (18) celebrates his objective with teammates towards the Florida Panthers in the course of the second interval in recreation six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Closing at Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Edmonton began the second with a bang, with Adam Henrique scoring simply 46 seconds into the interval on a 2-on-1 following an ice-length cross. Florida’s Aleksander Barkov thought he answered again simply 10 seconds later, however Edmonton efficiently challenged that the Panthers have been offsides, leaving it a 2-0 Oilers lead.
With 1:40 left within the interval, Zach Hyman lit the lamp to make it 3-0. The Oilers scored twice within the center body, regardless of Florida outshooting them, 11-4.
Florida obtained on the board early within the third with a Barkov objective (for actual this time), however it was too little too late, and the Oilers scored not one, however two empty-netters for good measure.
Afterward, the group chanted, very loudly, “We Need the Cup.”
Edmonton has outscored Florida, 18-5, within the final three video games – within the first three, that they had scored 4 to Florida’s 11.
That is simply the third time that the Stanley Cup will see a seventh recreation after a staff owned a 3-0 lead, and the primary since 1945 – the Toronto Maple Leafs received each of these cases, finishing the comeback in 1942, after which saving themselves from embarrassment three years later.
Edmonton Oilers left wing Zach Hyman (18) celebrates his objective with teammates towards the Florida Panthers in the course of the second interval in recreation six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Closing at Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports activities)
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It’s the primary 3-0 comeback within the league for the reason that Los Angeles Kings did so within the first spherical of the 2014 playoffs – they received that Recreation 7, and ultimately received the Cup, successful two extra Recreation 7s within the course of.
The final staff within the Large 4 leagues to drive a Recreation 7 after trailing 3-0 was final 12 months’s Boston Celtics – they misplaced to the eighth-seeded Miami Warmth within the Japanese Convention Finals, however obtained their revenge earlier this week by successful their first NBA title since 2008. They have been the fourth NBA staff to tie the collection, however none have received it after dealing with the three-game deficit.
Solely the 2004 Boston Crimson Sox have accomplished the comeback in Main League Baseball – the 2020 Houston Astros virtually joined them, however misplaced Recreation 7 of the ALCS to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Edmonton Oilers heart Adam Henrique (19) celebrates his objective with teammates towards the Florida Panthers in the course of the second interval in recreation six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Closing at Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports activities)
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This collection’ Recreation 7 can be again in Dawn, Fla., the place nearly everybody can be in full-blown panic, on Monday evening.
With a win, it’ll be the Oilers’ first Cup since 1990, and Canada’s first since 1993.
That will additionally mark the second 12 months in a row the Panthers would lose within the Closing, having fallen to the Vegas Golden Knights final 12 months.
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