The Edmonton Oilers last week became the 211th team to trail 3-0 in a playoff series in NHL history. Now, they are just one victory away from becoming the fifth to complete the comeback.
On Friday, the Oilers became the 10th team in NHL history to force a Game 7 after trailing a three-game series after beating the Florida Panthers, 5-1.
Shortly after nearly 20,000 fans sang the Canadian national anthem at the top of their lungs, Warren Foegele somehow got them to shout even louder, finding the back of the net and giving the Oilers a 1-0 lead.
As for Florida, they only had two shots on goal in the first half, one of which came from 170 feet away. It was the fewest number of shots they had in a period of the entire year.
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Edmonton Oilers left wing Zach Hyman (18) celebrates his goal with teammates against the Florida Panthers during the second period of game six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports)
Edmonton started the second frame with Adam Henrique scoring just 46 seconds into the period on a 2-on-1 after a long pass up the ice. Florida's Aleksander Barkov thought he had answered just 10 seconds later, but Edmonton successfully challenged that the Panthers were offside, leaving them with a 2-0 Oilers lead.
With 1:40 left in the second half, Zach Hyman turned on the lamp to make it 3-0. The Oilers scored twice in the middle frame, even though Florida outshot them, 11-4.
Florida got on the board early in the third with a goal from Barkov, but it was too little, too late, and the Oilers scored not one, but two empty-net goals for good measure.
Afterwards, the crowd chanted very loudly: “We want the Cup.”
Edmonton has outscored Florida, 18-5, in its last three games; in the first three, they had only scored four to Florida's 11.
This is only the third time the Stanley Cup will see a seventh game after a team had a 3-0 lead, and the first since 1945: the Toronto Maple Leafs won both instances, completing the comeback in 1942 and then saving from shame three years later.
Edmonton Oilers left wing Zach Hyman (18) celebrates his goal with teammates against the Florida Panthers during the second period of game six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports)
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It's the first comeback from 3-0 in the league since the Los Angeles Kings did it in the first round of the 2014 playoffs: they won that Game 7 and ultimately won the Cup, winning two more Game 7s in the process.
The last Big 4 team to force a Game 7 after trailing 3-0 was last year's Boston Celtics: They lost to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, but got revenge early. this week by winning his first match. NBA title since 2008. They were the fourth NBA team to tie the series, but neither won it after facing a three-game deficit.
Only the 2004 Boston Red Sox completed their return to the Major Leagues: the 2020 Houston Astros nearly joined them, but lost Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Edmonton Oilers center Adam Henrique (19) celebrates his goal with teammates against the Florida Panthers during the second period of game six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports)
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Game 7 of this series will be played again in Sunrise, Florida, where almost everyone will be in full panic on Monday night.
With a win, it will be the Oilers' first Cup since 1990 and Canada's first since 1993.
That would also mark the second straight year the Panthers would lose in the finals, having fallen to the Vegas Golden Knights last year.
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