Sergei Bobrovsky stones Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of Cup Final – Edmonton

Sergei Bobrovsky recorded a 32-save shutout because the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0, Saturday night time, in recreation one of many Stanley Cup Closing.

“They’re a terrific offensive crew,” Bobrovsky mentioned after the sport. “They bring about the great problem.”

“We generated probabilities, we had seems,” Oilers captain Connor McDavid mentioned. “Not a ton of puck luck round their web.”

The Panthers scored on their first shot of the sport, with Carter Verhaeghe ending off a three-on-two 3:59 into the sport. The Oilers had a number of good scoring probabilities and outshot Florida 12-4 within the first. Adam Henrique went to the backhand on a breakaway, however Bobrovsky made a left pad save. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins went in alone on an influence play much less that two minutes later. Once more, Bobrovsky made an enormous cease.

Early within the second, Sam Bennett received a race and swept the puck in entrance to Evan Rodrigues, who popped a shot over Stuart Skinner’s left shoulder to make it 2-0 Panthers. The Oilers once more examined Bobrovsky a number of occasions, however had been unable to interrupt by. Mattias Janmark had a breakaway, however couldn’t power the puck beneath Bobrovsky.

“We actually pushed,” Skinner mentioned. “Bob was completely huge.”

Eetu Luostarinen scored an empty netter within the dying seconds of the third.

The Oilers had been 2/2 on the penalty kill to run their streak to 30 in a row. They had been 0/3 on the ability play.

“I believed, general, we performed a reasonably good recreation,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch mentioned. “We had some probabilities to attain objectives they usually didn’t go in. We all know that Florida — in all probability — that wasn’t their finest recreation. Anticipate them to a lot better the subsequent one. I feel they in all probability bought caught off-guard. Simply you guys (media) speaking about how good they had been and we didn’t have an opportunity on this sequence.”

Skinner completed with 15 saves.

“Perhaps it was the hockey gods getting us again for that Recreation 6 (in opposition to Dallas), the place we in all probability didn’t should win,” McDavid mentioned. “We’ll gear up for an enormous one on Monday.”

The Panthers will host recreation two on Monday (630 CHED, Face-off Present at 4 p.m., recreation at 6 p.m.).

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