WATCH: Florida Panthers won the game but not before giving Edmonton Oilers an almost-free goal
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The Edmonton Oilers scored their first goal of the Stanley Cup final on Monday night, with defenceman Mattias Ekholm flicking a wrist shop past Florida netminder Sergei Bobrovsky to open up the scoring in Game 2.
Bobrovsky had a dominant performance in Game 1, stopping all 32 shots he faced from the Oilers high octane offence in a 3-0 Florida win.
The Oilers almost added to their lead in a wild sequence halfway through the second period thanks to Florida defenceman Niko Mikkola.
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Mikkola fired an errant shot on his own net, which Bobrovsky stopped, before Florida broke out the other way.
Anton Lundell left a drop pass for Mikkola on the rush, who fired the one-timer past Stuart Skinner to tie the game at 1-1.
After nearly scoring on his own net, Niko Mikkola heads the other way and ties this game up! 🪢 #StanleyCup
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The near own-goal drew plenty of reaction on social media, as Oilers fans pined for what could have been.
One Reddit commentator called it the “funniest sequence of the season,” while another dubbed it “the only true ‘end to end’ play in history.”
“Doesn’t have to be pretty just has to work,” added Panthers fan @themccpin on X.
The Oilers were unable to solve Bobrovsky the rest of the game, ultimately dropping the contest 4-1 and now find themselves down 2-0 in the series.
Bobrovsky’s dominance was noticed by NBA legend Charles Barkley who spoke with Sportsnet’s Kyle Bukauskas’ during the intermission on Hockey Night in Canada.
Barkley was so enthralled by Bobrovsky’s dominance he accidentally used some colourful language to describe his play.
Charles Barkley. Big Edmonton guy.
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Barkely also used the opportunity to praise Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton as “three of (his) favourite cities in the world.”
He wasn’t done there. Barkley also celebrated three Canadian sportscasters, none of which work for Sporstnet.
“Shout out to Rod Black, Christine Simpson and Don Cherry, three of the greatest Canadians ever,” he added, seemingly unaware that Sportsnet fired Cherry in 2019.
Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final is set for Thursday night in Edmonton.
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