Greg Rosenstein is the sports editor for NBC News Digital.
The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Friday to force a winner-take-all Game 7 for the Stanley Cup. Edmonton kept the Panthers scoreless until early in the third period, when Florida’s Aleksander Barkov made a goal to bring the score to 1-3. It would be the Panthers’ only one Friday. Warren Foegele, Adam Henrique and Zach Hyman had the first three goals for the Oilers.
Three other teams accomplished the feat in earlier playoff rounds. Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner fended off a late effort by Florida to try to make some headway as the minutes drained away, but the two empty-net goals left little doubt as to the outcome. Skinner had 19 saves on the night. Aside from the chance to make history by overcoming a 0-3 deficit, a win by Edmonton Monday would break a 31-year drought for Canada.
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