Oilers stay alive in Stanley Cup final with dominant win over Panthers in Game 4
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Connor McDavid has dragged his team into the fight time and time again.
Facing elimination in the Stanley Cup final — and a daunting task — the superstar pulled off yet another clutch performance.
All of a sudden, the Oilers have life.
McDavid had a goal and three assists as Edmonton thumped Florida 8-1 on Saturday to cut the Panthers' lead in the best-of-seven title series to 3-1.
"Doesn't matter if you score eight or you score one," said the Oilers captain, the first player since 1987 to record four points in a Cup final game with his team facing elimination.
"It's just one win."
But an impressive one at that.
"The mentality is the same," said Oilers winger Zach Hyman, who had two assists. "The belief is the same. But it's nice to go and do it and put a little doubt on the other side."
Dylan Holloway, with two goals and an assist, Mattias Janmark, with a goal and an assist, Adam Henrique, Darnell Nurse, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers, who finally solved Sergei Bobrovsky by putting five pucks past the Panthers netminder on 16 shots before he was pulled.
Stuart Skinner made 32 saves. Leon Draisaitl, with his first points of the series, also had two assists.
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McDavid's three helpers gave him 32 this spring to pass Wayne Gretzky for the most in one post-season in NHL history.
"Not the focus with where we're at," said the 27-year-old. "But not lost on me what he means to the game."
Vladimir Tarasenko replied for the Panthers. Florida will have another chance to clinch its first Cup in Game 5 on Tuesday at home in Sunrise, Fla. Anthony Stolarz stopped 16 shots in relief.
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