Florida Panthers, Matthew Tkachuk and Stanley Cup Final
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The Florida Panthers steamrolled the Edmonton Oilers with a 6-1 triumph in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, prompting a simple four-word statement from captain Aleksander Barkov towards Paul Maurice,
Matthew Tkachuk scored a pair of power play goals and the Anton Lundell scored in the dying seconds as the Florida Panthers lead the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 after the first period of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Florida has made it to the Stanley Cup Final in each of the three years since the blockbuster trade that moved him out of Calgary.
Matthew Tkachuk also said in a recent interview that former Bruins star Brad Marchand was "born to be a Florida Panther."
The Florida Panthers are set to face off against the Edmonton Oilers for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 9. The Panthers will look to stay hot after defeating the Oilers in Game 2 with Brad Marchand's double overtime-winning goal.
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Edmonton Journal on MSNShould Oilers' Stuart Skinner dish it back to Panthers' crease crashers, Bennett and Tkachuk?Interesting to see Oilers power play whiz coach Glen Gulutzan, whose name has come up as a possible head coach replacement for Pete DeBoer, which would be a return engagement in Dallas, going with two defenceman on the first Oilers unit in Game 3. Putting Jake Walman with Evan Bouchard, and having Nugent-Hopkins moving back to the second.