Edmonton Oilers pull out dramatic 4-3 win in OT against Florida Panthers – Edmonton

The Edmonton Oilers scored late within the third and early in time beyond regulation to grab a 4-3 victory from the Florida Panthers Monday evening at Rogers Place.

“Not our A-game, however you’ve bought to win video games on this league along with your B-game,” Oilers ahead Leon Draisaitl stated after the sport. “It was a mature recreation.

“We didn’t power it, however with that being stated, I believed we had been strong defensively and didn’t surrender a lot — typically it’s a must to win these video games too.”

“It was a muddy monitor on the market this night –each methods — and we needed to discover a method to muck by way of the slop of the sport, so to talk,” Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft stated after the win.

The Panthers jumped in entrance earlier than the sport was four-minutes previous. Matthew Tkachuk was left alone in entrance of Oilers netminder Stuart Skinner and had two cracks on the puck for his tenth.

“It was a bizarre one from our group,” Oilers captain Connor McDavid stated after the sport. “We had been type of torpid, however we appeared to hold in there.

“We all the time speak about successful along with your B- and C-game, and I believed for a big a part of the evening we didn’t have our recreation.”

McDavid had a wonderful probability to tie it on a two-man benefit, however Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight shot out his proper leg for the denial.

The Oilers tied it up on the ability play within the second.

“It’s an excellent capacity to return again in video games,” McDavid stated. “You’re going to want to try this all through the course of a yr, however I don’t like that we’re having to do it this a lot.

“It goes again to our begins.”

After Florida didn’t convert a three-on-two, Zach Hyman fired an extended go forward to McDavid, who went to the backhand on a breakaway for his seventeenth.

The Oilers went forward 5:18 into the third. Brett Kulak’s level shot caromed to Tyson Barrie, who tapped in his fourth.

“We’re lacking 4 of our high 9 forwards, and I believed the gamers that went in to take a few of these minutes gave us every little thing they’d and performed a terrific recreation,” Woodcroft stated.

The Panthers tied with 9:02 left when Anton Lundell knifed a go previous Skinner.

Panthers defenceman Brandon Montour then scored on the ability play with 4:44 left. The Oilers challenged that Tkachuk had stored the play alive by contacting the puck with a excessive stick, however after overview the officers dominated his stick was not above shoulder peak.

With Skinner on the bench for an additional attacker, Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard popped a shot previous Knight to even it up with 4.4 seconds on the clock.

“It was type of a sloppy draw,” McDavid recalled.

“(Draisaitl) dug in and gave us an opportunity, I stored it alive and I’m simply guessing (Bouchard) is over there. Clearly Bouch doesn’t miss from there.”

Draisaitl flicked in a go from McDavid on a two-on-one to finish it 22 seconds into the additional session.

“I feel we’ve put in two fairly strong video games within the final two and are available away with 4 factors, and we’re seeking to proceed that,” Draisaitl stated.

Knight made 36 saves whereas Skinner stopped 25. Hyman had three assists.

The Oilers (12-10) will play the Blackhawks in Chicago on Wednesday. You may take heed to stay protection of the sport on 630 CHED, starting with The Faceoff Present at 6 p.m. The precise recreation begins at 7:30 p.m.

–With information from Brenden Escott, 630 CHED

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