Oilers Take Game 1

EDMONTON – Leon Draisaitl capped a two-goal effort with the overtime winner to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final on Wednesday.

Connor McDavid picked up his second assist of the game chipping a pass in front to Draisaitl who scored a power-play goal with just 31 seconds remaining in extra time. Florida’s Tomas Nosek was in the penalty box for shooting the puck out of play.

Viktor Arvidsson and Mattias Ekholm also scored for the Oilers, who lost the first three games of last year’s Cup final against Florida before storming back to force Game 7, where they suffered a narrow 2-1 loss.

Stuart Skinner made 29 stops in net for the win.

Sam Bennett had a pair of goals and Brad Marchand also scored for the Panthers, who are playing in their third consecutive Stanley Cup final.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 42 saves in the loss.

(Canadian Press)