EDMONTON -- In the aftermath of the Florida Panthers’ wild 5-4 double-overtime win against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday, most of the talk was about the great offensive plays and players.

For Florida, Brad Marchand scored twice on breakaways, including at 8:05 of the second overtime, and Sam Bennett set an NHL record with his 12th road goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

For Edmonton, Connor McDavid had three assists, including his dazzling stickhandling and feed to Leon Draisaitl on the power play. Draisaitl had two more points (one goal, one assist), and Corey Perry scored with 18 seconds left in the third period to force overtime.

But Panthers coach Paul Maurice pointed out that in a game in which the teams combined for nine goals, 88 shots

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