The Edmonton Oilers grew to become the 211th crew to path 3-0 in a sequence in NHL historical past final week – they’re now only one win away from changing into the fifth to finish the comeback.
The Oilers grew to become the tenth crew in NHL historical past to power a Game 7 after trailing a sequence three video games to none on Friday after beating the Florida Panthers, 5-1.
After almost 20,000 followers belted the Canadian nationwide anthem on the high of their lungs, Warren Foegele by some means 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 photographs on aim within the first interval, certainly one of which got here from 170 toes away, so it was basically an accident. It was the fewest photographs that they had in a interval all yr.
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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 move. 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 aim (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 Want 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.
This is simply the third time that the Stanley Cup will see a seventh sport after a crew owned a 3-0 lead, and the primary since 1945 – the Toronto Maple Leafs gained 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 aim with teammates towards the Florida Panthers through the second interval in sport six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports)
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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 gained that Game 7, and finally gained the Cup, profitable two extra Game 7s within the course of.
The final crew within the Big 4 leagues to power a Game 7 after trailing 3-0 was final yr’s Boston Celtics – they misplaced to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat within the Eastern Conference Finals, however obtained their revenge earlier this week by profitable their first NBA title since 2008. They have been the fourth NBA crew to tie the sequence, however none have gained it after dealing with the three-game deficit.
Only the 2004 Boston Red Sox have accomplished the comeback in Major League Baseball – the 2020 Houston Astros nearly joined them, however misplaced Game 7 of the ALCS to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Edmonton Oilers middle Adam Henrique (19) celebrates his aim with teammates towards the Florida Panthers through the second interval in sport six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports)
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This sequence’ Game 7 shall be again in Sunrise, Fla., the place nearly everybody shall 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 would additionally mark the second yr in a row the Panthers would lose within the Final, having fallen to the Vegas Golden Knights final yr.
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