CONDENSED GAME PANTHERS at OILERS Dec 16
The Florida Panthers defeated the host Edmonton Oilers 6–5 on December 16, 2024, at Rogers Place in a wild rematch of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, ending Edmonton's five-game win streak and improving Florida to 16–12–2 despite missing Aleksander Barkov (illness).
- Scoring: Jesper Boqvist opened short-handed at 2:42 of the first (breakaway after Evan Bouchard turnover). Kasperi Kapanen tied it for EDM; Niko Mikkola and Sam Reinhart replied for FLA. Zach Hyman (2G) and Connor Brown scored for EDM to lead 4–3 after two. Matthew Tkachuk tied it early in the third; Gustav Forsling made it 5–4; Leon Draisaitl tied it again; Carter Verhaeghe won it at 13:05 (from Sam Bennett).
- Goaltending: Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA) stopped 25 of 30 shots; Stuart Skinner (EDM) made 22 saves on 28.
- Notes: Connor McDavid (3A) and Draisaitl (1G, 1A) extended streaks; Draisaitl hit his sixth straight multipoint game (15 points in span, league-leading 23G). Hyman took a puck to the face but returned with a shield. Panthers ended 214-minute goal drought early, lead NHL with 8 SHG; Oilers (18–11–2) outshot FLA 30–28 but fell in high-scoring affair on four-game trip end for FLA.
