{"id":484079,"date":"2024-06-11T01:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T05:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=484079"},"modified":"2024-06-11T01:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T05:11:16","slug":"panthers-beat-oilers-4-1-for-2-0-lead-in-title-matchup","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/panthers-beat-oilers-4-1-for-2-0-lead-in-title-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers beat Oilers 4-1 for 2-0 lead in title matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oilers\u2019 Leon Draisaitl knocked Panthers\u2019 Aleksander Barkov out of the match. Florida made certain to respond by landing a bigger blow.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Rodrigues scored twice in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> period, Niko Mikkola and Aaron Ekblad also notched and Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, FL for a 2-0 advantage in the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TWO DOWN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p1YWByzODp\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/p1YWByzODp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlaPanthers\/status\/1800365249209794848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sergei Bobrovsky made 18 saves for the Panthers, which was 1-8 all-time in Cup final clashes before this matchup began \u2013 and now is 2 victories away from capturing its 1<sup>st<\/sup> title. Score after the 1<sup>st<\/sup> 2 matches from the series: Panthers 7, Oilers 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 6-man job vs. the best players in the world,\u201d Ekblad shared.<\/p>\n<p>But the victory came with a cost for the Panthers as they lost Barkov, their captain, when the Canadian team forward Draisaitl launched toward him midway through the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> period and struck him in the head.<\/p>\n<p>Mattias Ekholm notched and Stuart Skinner made 25 saves for Edmonton, as the Oilers have the tough job as only 5 organizations won the Stanley Cup after being 2-0 down in the previous 54 series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our favorite numbers to see \ud83d\udcc8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6iZV7PbwLn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/6iZV7PbwLn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlaPanthers\/status\/1800382720134222022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The matchup resumes with Game 3 in Canada on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/802gsbtrPa4?si=n3pbLMsxdtmQGfWg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oilers\u2019 Leon Draisaitl knocked Panthers\u2019 Aleksander Barkov out of the match. Florida made certain to respond by landing a bigger blow. 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