Panthers level series with last-gasp goal

MARCHAND STRIKES IN SECOND OVERTIME TO SINK OILERS

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Brad Marchand scored a breakaway goal at 8:04 minutes of the second overtime, lifting the Florida Panthers to a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers that levelled the NHL Stanley Cup Final at one game apiece on Friday.

Marchand's game-winner in Edmonton was his second goal of the contest.

His first had given the Panthers a 4-3 lead in the second period, an advantage that stood up until Edmonton's Corey Perry scored with 18 seconds left in the third to force overtime.

Anton Lundell gained control of the puck in the Panthers zone and fed a flying Marchand, who kept control despite a backcheck by Leon Draisaitl and somehow beat Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner for the victory two days after the Oilers’ overtime win in game one.

“It’s just obviously a fortuitous bounce and we'll take it,” Marchand told broadcaster TNT.