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Oilers Down Florida 5-4 - Match Report

The Oilers earned a 5-4 victory over the Panthers on Thursday at Amerant Bank Arena.

Edmonton won as a +118 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Edmonton got goals from Darnell Nurse, Leon Draisaitl, Vasily Podkolzin, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and Jake Walman in the victory. Nugent-Hopkins opened the scoring at 3:33 of the second period.

Calvin Pickard turned in a 22-save effort for the Oilers.

Matthew Tkachuk(2), Sam Reinhart, and Anton Lundell scored for the Panthers, finding the net behind Calvin Pickard.

Florida got a 30-stop effort from Sergei Bobrovsky in the loss.

Edmonton scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Florida went 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Florida outshot Edmonton 40-35 in the game.