Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 conserves in a nothing of the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. File Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI | License Photo
June 8 (UPI) — Sergei Bobrovsky utilized every inch of his body to parry pucks, while the Florida Panthers defense provided squashing strikes to the Edmonton Oilers attack en path to a 3-0 nothing Saturday in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Forwards Carter Verhaeghe, Evan Rodrigues and Eetu Luostairinen scored in the victory in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers will host the Oilers in Game 2 of the best-of-seven videogame series Monday on the exactsame ice at Amerant Bank Arena.
“They clearly have an elite offense and it was a truly hard videogame,” Bobrovsky stated on the ABC broadcast. “They are truly wise gamers.”
Bobrovsky made 32 conserves to safe his 2nd nothing this postseason. The Oilers, led by star forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, outshot the Panthers 32-18.
The Oilers letloose a series of shots early on, however might not transform versus Bobrovsky, who often flailed his limbs to keep his group out of threat. Verhaeghe then lit the light for veryfirst blood simply 3: 59 into the veryfirst duration.
Center Aleksander Barkov brought the puck through the neutral zone and past the blue line throughout that series. He then discovered winger Sam Reinhart to his right as he skated versus the boards.
Reinhart sentout a fast pass