Sergei Bobrovsky recorded 32 saves to help the Panthers defeat the Oilers 3-0 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday.
Chants of"Bobby! Bobby!" repeated themselves over and over as the goalie everyone simply calls"Bob" turned aside multiple breakaways, stoppedwhen the reigning and three-time MVP went into turbo mode and flew all around and outside the crease to make Florida's net an impenetrable fortress. At one point, Bobrovsky lost his stick for 30 seconds and still managed to make saves.
It didn't even matter that they were outshot 32-18. Back in the final for a second consecutive season and healthier and more prepared for the moment than in the five-game loss to Vegas a year ago, Florida showed experience on this stage does matter, handling pressure and tense moments throughout like most of its players have been here before.Stuart Skinner
, who was left out to dry by a slow backcheck and a lost race to the puck. Skinner, who has had his ups and downs this postseason and whose play looked like the biggest question in the series, was hardly to blame for either one. Edmonton controlled much of the game 5 on 5, extended its streak of penalties killed to 30, and its power play did just about everything right except score. Despite all that, the Oilers find themselves trailing in this core group led by McDavid andIt's a series featuring the furthest distance between teams meeting for the Cup, eclipsing the previous record set in 2011 by Boston and Vancouver.
This was the polar opposite of that eerily quiet scene, with a sellout crowd of 19,543 screaming fans juiced up for a fifth consecutive final featuring a team from the Florida. While 20 playoff games have been played in Canada over the past 20 seasons, this was the 22nd in the Sunshine State over that time.
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