Leon Draisaitl Finds Net Twice in Game 1

Rogers Center, AB – Leon Draisaitl was kept off the score sheet in the Stanley Cup Final last year. It took just over one minute for the Edmonton Oilers’ leading goal scorer to find the net in this year’s rematch against the Florida Panthers.

Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped two shots in quick succession, but couldn’t control the rebounds. Draisaitl found the puck with a wide-open net as Bobrovsky was at the other end of the crease and clapped it home.

The Panthers woke up soon thereafter, getting out to a 3-1 lead at one point with a couple of goals from Sam Bennett and a power-play goal from Brad Marchand.

The Oilers scored early in the second period with a goal from Viktor Arvidsson, and tied the game at 3-3 six minutes into the third with a Mattias Ekholm goal.

The two teams got deep into overtime, staring down the barrel of a scoreless period, when Tomas Nosek inadvertently launched a puck over the glass, giving Edmonton a crucial power play with 1:43 remaining.

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With 31 seconds left, Draisaitl received a pass from Connor McDavid from the goal line to the slot. The German winger dropped to one knee and fired a shot into the back of the net to give Edmonton the 1-0 series lead.

It would be easy to get mad at Nosek, the fourth-line forward who put the Oilers on the power play late into overtime. But Panthers head coach Paul Maurice wants everyone to keep perspective.

“You just remind him after the game of being down 0-2 to Toronto when that line came in and changed everything for us,” Maurice said. “And how we’re not here without Tomas. It’s a tough break. So we’ll just make sure he doesn’t eat alone tonight. He’s got lots of people sitting at his table and reminding him how good he’s been to us.”

"You remind him after the game of being down 0-2 to Toronto."

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Nosek has been a key part of the Panthers’ penalty kill that had an 87.1% success rate coming into Game 1. He’s also recorded a plus-5 plus/minus rating while playing 11:15 per game this postseason.

Prior to Wednesday’s loss, the Panthers won 31 consecutive games in which they held a lead after any period.

Game 2 is at 8 pm on Friday in Edmonton.