Sergei Bobrovsky perfect in net as Panthers blank Oilers 4-0
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season as the Florida Panthers continued to plague Edmonton, emerging with a 4-0 victory over the Oilers on Thursday in a rematch of the last two Stanley Cup finals. Cole Reinhardt, A. J.
Greer, Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe scored for the injury-riddled Panthers, who snapped a two-game losing skid. Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues and Mike Benning all had two assist games. The Panthers are almost certain to miss the playoffs and a chance to defend their back-to-back titles.
Connor Ingram made 19 stops in the loss for Edmonton. The Oilers had a two-game winning streak halted and missed out on an opportunity to move ahead of idle Anaheim into first in the Pacific Division. Edmonton remained without star forward Leon Draisaitl , out for the rest of the regular season with a lower-body injury.
Florida has been hit hard by injuries all season. Among those out of the lineup on Thursday were Aleksander Barkov , Sam Reinhart and Brad Marchand . Only defenseman Gustav Forsling has managed to appear in all 68 games this season.
Conversely, six Oilers have played in every game: Connor McDavid, Matt Savoie, Vasily Podkolzin, Evan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm and Darnell Nurse. Up next Panthers: Visit the Calgary Flames on Friday. Oilers: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.