Carter Verhaeghe’s precise hand-eye coordination allowed him to deftly redirect the puck between Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner’s legs, and that’s precisely what he was there for.
When the Panthers gained the lead, the home crowd in Sunrise, Florida, went crazy in the stands because they were so desperate to start the season strong. Verhaeghe scored his eleventh goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
However, breakaway opportunities, which Edmonton had taken advantage of in the previous three games, have been a problem for Florida. Later in the first period, Mattias Janmark found himself in possession of one when Cody Ceci made a gorgeous pass down ice to his stick.
