Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl has gone ice cold with no goals in his last five games, making it his worst goal drought since early November.
The Oilers finally broke through Florida’s red hot netminder Sergei Bobrovsky with two goals in desperation time to come within one of the lead.
They will need to play with the same intensity Saturday night or the Florida Panthers will be crowned Stanley Cup Champions. There hasn’t been a sweep in the Stanley Cup final since 1998 when the Detroit Red Wings did it for the second year in a row, winning back-to-back Stanley Cups.
It’ll be an exciting game with the possibility of Lord Stanley showing face while the entire hockey world watches.
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The Oilers will need their top guys to play at their best if they want to stay alive and they haven’t seen much production from McDavid’s fellow star teammate in Leon Draisaitl.
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The word on the street is that the German forward has been playing through an injury as of late and it’s shown as he has gone without a goal in five straight. It’s his longest goal drought since the beginning of the season and should be snapped on Saturday night.
Daily Faceoff has Draisaitl slated to play alongside Warren Foegele on the second line who is coming off a key goal in Game Three and has remained aggressive with an average of two shots on goal over his last five games.
The two should combine for at least a goal while the Oilers will look to continue to play strong defensively. Game Three was the first time in five games they’ve gone over five goals and should continue to play their style of game.
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Bobrovsky should allow the expected goal to Draisaitl’s line but don’t expect much more after that as he has a 2.07 goals against average this postseason.
The Panthers will do everything they can to clog up the passing lanes and make the Oilers feel like they have less ice to work with which works well for the under as the Panthers had totalled fewer than six goals in ten of their last 11 games before Game Three.