Final score: Panthers 5 Oilers 2 Corey Perry scored his 10th goal of the playoffs with 3:13 left in the third period and the Oilers pulled goalie Calvin Pickard about a minute later, but the spark from Perry’s goal wasn’t enough. Eetu Leostarinen adds an empty net-goal for Florida with 1:19 left to snuff the Edmonton push. 8:25 p.m. - Reinhart takes wind out of Oil sails Sam Reinhart makes the score 4-1 Panthers after taking a pass from Aleksander Barkov, shooting the puck past Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard with traffic in front of the goal 8:10 into the third period, less than a minuite after Connor McDavid scored for Edmonton. 8:21 p.m. - McDavid gets Oilers on scoreboard 3-1 Panthers. Connor McDavid takes a pass from defenceman Evan Bouchard and has all kinds of time to quickly stickhandle his way toward the Panthers net, shooting the puck past goalie Sergei Bobrovsky for the Oilers’ first goal of the game 7:24 into the third period. The goal comes just over two minutes after Brad Marchand scored his second of the game for the Panthers. 8:18 p.m. - Marchand scores 2nd of game 3-0 Panthers. Panthers forward Brad Marchand scores his second goal of the game 5:12 into the third period in much the same fashion as his first: while being tailed and checked closely by a clutch of Oilers. He deposits the puck past Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard’s outstretched left pad to add to Florida’s lead. 7:55 p.m. - 2nd intermission thoughts 7:51 p.m. - Draisaitl high-sticks Kulikov Oilers star Leon Draisaitl gets his stick up on Panthers defenceman Dmitry Kulikov with 20 seconds left in the second period and is called for high-sticking. 7:27 p.m. - Delay of game Panthers forward Sam Reinhart’s clearing attempt goes awry and into the Rogers Place seats 7:28 into the second period. He gets a two-minute penalty for delay of game. 7:21 p.m. - Ekblad trips Kane Panthers defenceman Aaron Ekblad takes a two-minute penalty 3:17 into the second period for tripping Oilers forward Evander Kane with Kane trying to find someone to pass to in the slot. 7:05 p.m. - 1st intermission thoughts 6:53 p.m. - Bennett makes it 2-0 2-0 Panthers. Sam Bennett scores his 15th goal of this year’s playoffs with 1:54 left in the first period after grabbing a puck deflected off Oilers defenceman Jake Walman on a shot by Matthew Tkachuk. 6:48 p.m. - Jones take game’s 1st penalty Panthers defenceman Seth Jones is called for interference after steering Oilers centre Mattias Janmark away from the Florida goal with 4:18 left in the first period. 6:37 p.m. - Marchand opens scoring 1-0 Panthers. With three Oilers on his tail, Panthers forward Brad Marchand gets the game’s first goal 9:12 into the first period right after a neutral zone faceoff. He fires the puck into the top corner of the net on Pickard’s trapper side. 6:24 p.m. - McDavid excitement Connor Brown springs Connor McDavid with a pass from the defensive zone for a two-on-one with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, with McDavid getting a shot off that bounced to the side of the net, where he quickly recovered the puck and tried to tuck it by Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky to no avail. 6:21 p.m. - Early Brown breakaway Oilers forward Connor Brown gets an early breakaway scoring chance but Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky gets his trapper on it. 6:09 p.m. - It’s loud in here There’s no decibel meter at my fingertips, but the Rogers Place crowd is the loudest I’ve heard it yet this season (and maybe even last season. Heck, 2017 playoffs were loud, but this...) 5:38 p.m. - Warmup starts The stands at Rogers Place are half full for warmup about a half-hour before the puck is dropped to start the game Oilers and Panthers players go through their routines. 5:30 p.m. - Pickard starting in goal for Oilers Calvin Pickard was named the Oilers’ starting goalie for Game 5 Saturday night by head coach Kris Knoblauch after the morning skate. Pickard came into Game 4 to start the second period in relief of Stuart Skinner with the Oilers down 3-0. Edmonton beat Florida 5-4 in overtime. Heading in The streets outside Rogers Place are teeming with fans, cars, trucks, signs – you name it – decked out in all manner of blue and orange. It’s Saturday night. Downtown Edmonton. The Oilers are hosting the visiting Florida Panthers. Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. It’s a hotly anticipated match with the series tied at two games apiece, the last game having gone to overtime two nights ago with the Oilers winning it. Follow along as I keep you up to speed on what’s going on in and around the arena.
