Panthers beat Oilers 6-5 | CTV News [Video]

EDMONTON –

Apparently, the Florida Panthers were saving their offence for a Stanley Cup rematch against the Edmonton Oilers.

After only scoring one goal in their previous 211 minutes of play and being shut out in back-to-back road games, the Panthers exploded offensively to come back from a 4-3 deficit through 40 minutes to capture a wild 6-5 victory over the Oilers on Monday night.

“It was a weird one tonight, but I’m fine with it,” said Panthers head coach Paul Maurice.

“I think we really dug in. It was a mentally tough game, you get down a couple, we haven’t had comebacks this year and it was dangerous in front of both nets all night long. I’m really happy with that one, I’m really proud that we were able to stay with it, dig in.”

Niko Mikkola, Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe all had a goal and an assist as the …