Game two of the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals is set to start from Sunrise, Florida. The Florida Panthers are playing the Edmonton Oilers with the Panthers leading the best out of seven series one game to none.
8:24 PM ET–Oilers make two lineup changes prior to puck drop…in is defenseman Vincent Desharnais and Sam Carrick and out is Corey Perry and Cody Ceci…
8:26 PM ET–Panthers have first shot of the game…
8:28 PM ET–Great stickhandling by Oilers captain Connor McDavid but no scoring chance as pass does not get to Zach Hyman…
8:32 PM ET–Sam Bennett in the penalty for tripping….
8:37 PM ET–Oilers do not score on power-play and in fact do not get a shot…
8:39 PM ET–Oilers forward Warren Foegele kneeing penalty on Eetu Luostarinen…
8:41 PM ET–video review determines it is a five minute penalty for kneeing…
8:46 PM ET–Oliver Ekman-Larsson trips Mattias Janmark…4 on 4 action…
8:48 PM ET–Oilers go on a 3 on 1…Mattias Ekholm scores to put Oilers up 1-0…Oilers score on their first shot…McDavid picks up lone assist…
8:49 PM ET–Panthers defenseman Brandon Montour hits the cross bar…
8:54 PM ET–McDavid goes coast to coast and takes a shot before being saved by Bobrovsky…
8:58 PM ET–Ekblad leaves the ice after getting twisted up with McDavid…
8:59 PM ET–Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse injured and leaves the ice…
9:01 PM ET–Evan Bouchard two minute roughing penalty….
9:03 PM ET–Oilers lead Panthers 1-0 after first period…Panthers outshot Oilers 9-4….
9:22 PM ET–Second period starts…
9:23 PM ET–Matthew Tkachuk gets tripping penalty….
9:24 PM ET–ESPN reports Nurse got hurt in first period…injured his hip…recipient of a bodycheck by Evan Rodrigues…
9:26 PM ET–Oilers give the puck away to Sam Bennett who shoots wide point blank…
9:28 PM ET–Oilers viewing party outside of Rogers Place is called the Moss Pit…named after the late Oilers dressing room attendant Joey Moss, who died of Down’s Syndrome in 2020…
9:43 PM ET–Panthers defenseman Nikko Mikkola accidentally shoots puck on own net and then goes down the ice to tie the score at 1…1-1 Panthers and Oilers…Anton Lundell and Vladimir Tarasenko pick up the assists…
9:43 PM ET–Shots on net–Florida 15, Edmonton 5….
9:48 PM ET–Panthers cannot score on a two on one…
9:50 PM ET–Carter Verhaeghe trips McDavid with his leg…Oilers power play…
9:53 PM ET–Evan Bouchard hits cross bar on the Oilers power-play….
9:55 PM ET–Ryan Nugent-Hopkins hits the post…
9:56 PM ET–Panthers go on the power-play after Bouchard slashes Verhaeghe…
10 PM ET–Skinner makes great save on Sam Bennett in tight…
10:06 PM ET–Second period over…1-1…22-7 Panthers when it comes to shots on goal…
10:24 PM ET–Third period started…
10:27 PM ET–Nurse returning to the Oilers…
10:28 PM ET–Evan Rodrigues scores for Panthers…bad goal on Skinner from bad angle…Bouchard unsuccessful clearing attempt goes right to Rodrigues…2-1 Panthers
10:42 PM ET–Shots on net are 26-12 Florida…
10:47 PM ET–Draisaitl roughing penalty on Barkov…
10:50 PM ET–Evan Rodrigues power play goal for Panthers…Lundell and Ekman-Larsson pick up the assists…3-1 Panthers….Oilers streak of 34 consecutive penalty kills over…
10:52 PM ET–Ekholm shot knocks off Sergei Bobrovsky’s mask…
10:53 PM ET–Roughing penalties for Evander Kane (Oilers) and Brandon Montour (Panthers)…
10:55 PM ET–Bobrovsky saves McDavid on breakaway….
10:58 PM ET–Oilers pull the goalie with six minutes left…
11 PM ET–Oliver Ekmann-Larsson takes delay of game penalty…
11:05 PM ET–Aaron Ekblad scores into an empty net from Sam Bennett…4-1 Panthers with two minutes and 28 seconds left…
11:08 PM ET–Sam Carrick takes slashing penalty…Carrick and Desharnais take 10 minute misconducts…
11:10 PM ET–Panthers fans cheer ‘We want the Cup.’
11:11 PM ET–Panthers win 4-1 to take a 2-0 Stanley Cup Finals….
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