The Florida Panthers flexed their muscles by thrashing the Edmonton Oilers 6-1 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Oilers had no response with six different players, including key duo Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett, scoring for the Panthers as they edged 2-1 ahead in the series.
In the process, 37-year-old Marchand became the oldest player to score in each of the first three games of a final while Bennett netted his NHL-leading 14th goal in the playoffs.
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Carter Verhaege, Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad and Evan Rodrigues were also in the goals while Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves to restrict the Oilers.
“We’re a very deep team,” Marchand said. “That’s one of our strengths is the depth of the group from the front end to the back end to the goaltending.”
The Oilers were left to rue a lack of discipline after taking 21 penalties and initiating a third period brawl.
They get away with more than we do – Kane
Oilers winger Evander Kane said: “I think the game obviously got out of hand at the end there. That stuff is going to happen. You look at some of the calls and whatnot, [and] obviously some of them are frustrating.
“They seem to get away with it more than we do. It’s tough to find the line. They’re doing just as much stuff as we are. There seems to be a little bit more attention on our group.”
With the game drifting away, Edmonton allowed their frustrations to get the better of them in a third period littered with penalties.
“I thought we got away from our game,” Oilers captain Connor McDavid said. “Part of that it’s due to chasing it a little bit. Part of that is obviously a credit to them. They played well. You find yourself in a hole, you’re going to do some uncharacteristic things, and I thought we got away from our game a little bit there.”
