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The Edmonton Oilers won 5-4 in a stunning overtime victory at the Florida Panthers at sunrise Thursday. The Panthers did this in front of celebrity audiences Taylor Swift and Travis Kells Highlight the crowd.
Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl scored a win in overtime to take away a round-trip thriller. It was Draisaitl’s fourth overtime goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs, breaking most NHL records in one playoff. Draisaitl also scored a win in overtime The first game.
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Florida Black Panther Center Aleksander Barkov (16) in Sunrise, Florida, in Game 4 of the NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Lynne Sweet)
The Oilers overcome the early three-goal deficit in the most compelling match in the series so far.
The Panthers led 3-0 in the first stage with two goals from Matthew Tkachuk, one by Anton Lundell.
But the Oilers took less than a while to tie it up, with three goals from the second time Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Vasily Podkolzin and Darnell.
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Edmonton Oilers goalkeeper Stuart Skinner saved the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Final Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Media via AP)
Then, the game was in a dilemma and the team entered the third stage of the game at the deadlock. That deadlock lasted more than half of the third stage until Oiler defensive player Jake Walman finally broke the tie with less than seven minutes of regulation.
Then, in less than 20 seconds, the Panthers tied it to Sam Reinhart’s dramatic goal and sent the game to overtime.
Both teams weren’t busy in the first 11 minutes of the add-on period, but then Draisaitl broke into the game and even joined the series at 8:42.
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Vasily Podkolzin (92) of the Edmonton Oilers celebrated after goals with Corey Perry (90) and Leon Draisaitl (29) as the Florida Panthers’ Niko Mikkola (77) was observed in the second phase of the NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Fins in Sunrise in Sunrise of Sunrise, Fla, June 202, 2025, June 2025. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Media via AP)
The series returned to Edmonton in Game 5 on Saturday.
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