Oilers One Win Away From Completing Historic Comeback

The Edmonton Oilers are on the verge of becoming just the fifth team in NHL history to complete a 3-0 comeback after defeating the Florida Panthers 5-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

The Edmonton Oilers, once trailing 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Final, are now just one win away from completing a historic comeback.

On Friday night, the Oilers became the 10th team in NHL history to force a Game 7 after trailing a series three games to none, defeating the Florida Panthers 5-1 in Game 6.

Oilers One Win Away From Completing Historic Comeback

The Oilers got off to a fast start, with Warren Foegele scoring just over six minutes into the game. Edmonton continued to pour it on in the second period, with Adam Henrique and Zach Hyman scoring goals to give the Oilers a 3-0 lead.

Florida finally got on the board early in the third period with a goal from Aleksander Barkov, but it was too little too late. The Oilers added two empty-net goals to seal the victory.

Oilers One Win Away From Completing Historic Comeback

The Oilers have now outscored the Panthers 18-5 in the last three games of the series. In the first three games, they had only scored four goals to Florida's 11.

This is just the third time that the Stanley Cup Final will see a seventh game after a team owned a 3-0 lead, and the first since 1945. The Toronto Maple Leafs won both of those instances, completing the comeback in 1942 and 1945.

Oilers One Win Away From Completing Historic Comeback

The Oilers are the first team to force a Game 7 after trailing 3-0 since the Los Angeles Kings did so in the first round of the 2014 playoffs. The Kings went on to win that Game 7 and eventually won the Stanley Cup.

The last team in the Big 4 leagues to force a Game 7 after trailing 3-0 was last year's Boston Celtics. They lost to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Only the 2004 Boston Red Sox have completed the comeback in Major League Baseball. The 2020 Houston Astros almost joined them, but lost Game 7 of the ALCS to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final will be back in Sunrise, Florida on Monday night. With a win, the Oilers will win their first Stanley Cup since 1990 and Canada's first since 1993.

It would also mark the second year in a row that the Panthers would lose in the Final, having fallen to the Vegas Golden Knights last year.