FLM – Connor McDavid scored twice in a four-point performance while leading Edmonton to a 5-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla., as the Oilers staved off elimination for a second time in the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Connor Brown, Zach Hyman and Corey Perry also scored for the Oilers, who have won two straight but still trail the best-of-seven series 3-2. Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 29 saves and Evan Bouchard logged three assists, joining Larry Robinson (1978) as the only defensemen with seven multi-assist games in a single postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McDavid, who has posted consecutive four-point outings, became only the third player in NHL history to net 40 or more points in a single playoff year, joining Wayne Gretzky (1985, 1988, 1993) and Mario Lemieux (1991).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew Tkachuk and Evan Rodrigues both collected one goal and one assist for Florida. Oliver Ekman-Larsson also tallied, and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The series returns to Edmonton for Game 6 on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brown netted a short-handed goal to open the scoring at the 5:30 of the first period. He intercepted a cross-ice pass at his own blue line and finished a breakaway deke for his second of the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hyman doubled the lead at 1:58 of the second period, producing a power-play marker when he deflected Bouchard\u2019s point shot for his 15th of the playoffs. Then McDavid made it a 3-0 game at 5:00 of the frame by threading the needle with a sharp-angled shot off the rush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tkachuk gave the Panthers life less than two minutes later by converting an open chance from the slot for his sixth tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perry restored Edmonton\u2019s three-goal edge with another power-play goal at 11:54, redirecting McDavid\u2019s crossing pass for his first of the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Panthers found another gear and pushed for a comeback. Rodrigues responded 14 seconds later by burying a rebound for his seventh of the playoff run, his fourth of the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ekman-Larsson made it a one-goal game at 4:04 of the third period by blasting a one-timer from the slot for his second goal of the playoffs. The frantic push for the equalizer fell short before McDavid iced it with an empty-net goal, his eighth goal of the playoffs, at 19:41.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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