McDavid leads Oilers to Game 5 win to stay alive in Stanley Cup Final
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Connor McDavid scored four points (two goals, two assists) to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 Stanley Cup Final win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla.
The Oilers are dragging the Panthers back to Alberta.
Connor McDavid is the overwhelming reason why.
The superstar captain had two goals and two assists as Edmonton held on for a 5-3 victory Tuesday to cut Florida's lead in the Stanley Cup final to 3-2.
Connor Brown, Zach Hyman and Corey Perry also scored for the Oilers, who have won two straight — including an 8-1 whitewash on home ice in Game 4 — facing elimination after dropping the best-of-seven series' first three contests.
Stuart Skinner made 30 saves. Evan Bouchard had three assists.
Matthew Tkachuk and Evan Rodrigues, with a goal and an assist each, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson replied for Florida. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 shots for the Panthers, a group now feeling the squeeze following consecutive losses with the Cup in the building and a chance to clinch the franchise's first-ever title.
Game 6 in a championship round with the furthest distance between cities in NHL history at more than 4,000 kilometres goes Friday in Edmonton. Game 7, if necessary, would be Monday back in South Florida.
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