Edmonton, Canada – We have established a series.
Brad Marchand scores twice, leading the team to a 1-1 tie in the Stanley Cup Final as the Florida Panthers return home to face the Edmonton Oilers.
Marchand tallying his second goal of the game at 8:05 of the second overtime secured a 4-3 victory for the Panthers over the Edmonton Oilers in a highly memorable Game 2 at Rogers Place on Friday.
“Pure excitement and adrenaline, for our whole group,” Marchand said. “It’s obviously a very important game for our team. We all knew we were one shot away, and luckily it went our way. You could tell the excitement that our group had.”
The Panthers secured three of their four home games in the final last year, including the first two, advancing to a 3-0 series lead. The Oilers won Games 4 and 6 in Edmonton and Game 5 at Florida before ultimately experiencing a disappointing loss in Game 7.
Edmonton Oilers secured a victory over Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Brad Marchand scored his second career shorthanded goal in the Stanley Cup Final.
Sam Bennett has scored in each of his last five away playoff games.
This marked the 99th overtime game in Stanley Cup Final history.
The Florida Panthers set a franchise record with nine road wins in this playoff season.
Sergei Bobrovsky recorded his 58th career playoff victory, surpassing Tuukka Rask (57) to move into 18th place on the NHL’s all-time list.
Paul Maurice achieved his 83rd career playoff win, surpassing Toe Blake (82) and tying Barry Trotz (83) for 14th place on the NHL’s all-time wins list.
The Panthers led 39-35 in scoring chances at 5-on-5, according to NaturalStatTrick.com.
Aleksander Barkov led the team with 24 faceoff wins.
Five of Florida’s six defensemen recorded multiple blocked shots.
Nate Schmidt posted his second consecutive two-assist game.
Tomas Nosek led the team with eight hits.
Seth Jones recorded the most ice time with 34:35.
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