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But it certainly became one in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. As the teams took the ice pregame at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday, Florida Panthers backup goaltender Vitek Vanecek locked eyes with Edmonton Oilers starter Stuart Skinner at the red line between the team's benches.
THE EDMONTON OILERS Records, they say, are made to be broken. Well, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers just broke multiple ... in the same game ... to potentially save their season. Draisatil scored the game-winner to propel Edmonton to a 5-4 overtime Game 4 win over the Panthers.
SUNRISE ― Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner was the subject of pre-game mind games from Florida Panthers backup goalie Vitek Vanecek. And it appears to have worked. Just like he did before a Game 3 steamrolling by the Panthers,
Leon Draisaitl’s fourth overtime goal of the playoffs evens Stanley Cup finals at two games apiece as Oilers cap comeback from three goals down to beat the Panthers, 5-4.
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One of the greatest Stanley Cup Final games in recent memory ended with the Edmonton Oilers defeating the Florida Panthers 5-4 in overtime on Thursday.