Panthers Spill the Oil, Corey Perry and More
Hey all. Just a few mish-mash items to toss your way on an overcast Sunday afternoon in the ‘Burgh.
After blowing a 3-0, first-period lead and bowing to the Oilers on home ice in Game 4, the Panthers clawed back with a vengeance last night. Powered by two absolutely extraordinary goals from 37-year-old Brad Marchand and one by playoff leader Sam Bennett, the Cats pretty much had their way with the Oilers en route to a 5-2 Game 5 victory and a 3-2 series lead.
Not only are they deep and good and tough, but they’re mentally strong as well. To let a potential 3-1 series lead slip through your grasp, then have to play the next game in your foe’s barn to boot?
It takes a special kind of fortitude and character. Or as coach Paul Maurice so succinctly put it, “If you plan for seven games, that means you’re losing three of them. So you have to take that pain that we did and come back.”
Come back they did.
The Cup will be in the house for the Panthers taking when the series resumes on Tuesday night at Amerant Bank Arena.