After back-to-back losses, Panthers' Cup Final goal clear as ever: 'Just got to win one game'
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Paul Maurice kept the message simple. His Florida Panthers have been knocked down the past couple games with history on the horizon, but the optimism around the team hasn’t wavered.
“They’re not feeling deflated,” the veteran coach said. “A little grumpy.”
As should be the case when another opportunity to clinch the Stanley Cup went awry.
The Panthers had a 3-0 stranglehold in the best-of-7 series. So close to winning it all yet the job still far from being done.
A desperate Edmonton Oilers team took advantage.
First an 8-1 rout in Game 4 on Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta.
And then a 5-3 win in Game 5 on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla.
Just like that, we have a series.
Game 6 is on Friday at Edmonton’s Rogers Place. The Panthers are still just one win away, but should the Oilers win on home ice, a winner-take-all Game 7 takes place at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday.
“We’ve just got to win one game,” center Sam Bennett said. “It’s as simple as that.”
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