Panthers Pick Up Another Victory In Edmonton, Taking Down Oilers 4-0
Reinhardt, Greer, Lundell, and Verhaeghe sparked Florida's offense while Bobrovsky was a rock in goal, notching a big shutout win in Edmonton.
The Florida Panthers were back in a familiar building on Thursday night despite being extremely far from home. Playing at Rogers Place for the first time since Game 5 of last year’s Stanley Cup Final, the Panthers picked up right where they left off, skating to a resounding 4-0 victory over the Oilers. It was Florida who got on the scoreboard first, and the goal came off the stick of one of the newest Panthers players.
Cole Reinhardt picked up the puck in the neutral zone behind Edmonton’s defenders and went in all alone on Connor Ingram and made an abrupt backhand forehand move, sending the goaltender the wrong way while depositing the puck in the back of the net at the 11:12 mark of the first period. The Cats weren’t done there. A.
J. Greer picked up his 12th goal of the season, deflecting a long shot by rookie defenseman Mike Benning past Ingram with 57. 7 seconds left in the period, sending Florida into the intermission up 2-0 on the Oilers.
For Benning, the rookie picked up the primary assist on both Panthers goals, giving him his first multi-point game in the NHL while playing for the first time in his hometown of Edmonton. Florida stretched their lead to 3-0 after Vasily Podkolzin took a delay of game penalty at the 13:49 mark of the middle frame. A loose puck came out of the slot and right to Anton Lundell, who fired the puck into a yawning cage for his 18th tally of the season.