The Florida Panthers blasted the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night, successful Recreation 3 of the Stanley Cup Closing in convincing vogue by a 6-1 last rating. Six completely different Panthers gamers discovered the again of the online, together with Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett, Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad, and Evan Rodrigues.
The Panthers now have the momentum on their facet with a two-games-to-one sequence lead and the prospect to take a 3-1 stranglehold ought to they earn a win within the upcoming Recreation 4.
Panthers head coach Paul Maurice, nonetheless, mentioned that he does not imagine in a carryover impact from recreation to recreation, through NHL.com.
“In case you have been to take part in that concept, you’ll suppose that you’d be beginning farther down the street than you do when the puck drops,” he mentioned Tuesday. “Each recreation begins at zeros, and it is a reset and it is a psychological reset. Does not matter — we bought beat 8-1 in Edmonton (in Recreation 4 of the Closing final season) after which got here again and performed Recreation 5 right here, and for me that was the very best recreation we performed in your complete playoffs and we misplaced the sport.
“So, if you happen to do not take part within the concept of, ‘Hey, perhaps there’s a bonus available,’ you then additionally do not take part within the concept, ‘Hey, perhaps you have bought a drawback now that you could’t overcome.’ So, you simply go away it utterly after which begin at zeros.”
Recreation 4 between the Panthers and Oilers is scheduled for Thursday night beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Panthers coach Paul Maurice is aware of the Oilers wish to reply in Recreation 4
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Whereas some groups and gamers doubtless do subscribe to the concept of momentum between video games, Maurice is not amongst them and is aware of that the Oilers shall be urgent to keep away from falling right into a two-game sequence deficit.
“Each groups are going to be wired (Thursday) night time,” Maurice mentioned. “You may’t cease it, so you have to have conserved right now. For us, mentally, let the gate open a little bit bit tomorrow, perform a little bit extra video, get transferring a little bit bit and you can begin to really feel it coming.
“However dealing with your day is one thing we have talked about nearly on daily basis, actually within the playoffs.”
The Panthers and Oilers are enjoying within the first rematch of the identical two groups within the Stanley Cup Closing because the Detroit Purple Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins did so in 2008 and 2009.