Brad Marchand’s Late Heroics Propel Panthers to Crucial Game 5 Victory Over Oilers in Stanley Cup Final Showdown
Oilers’ offense vanishes
While Marchand was having a blast, the Oilers were having a miserable time in the offensive zone. The final numbers are bad, but even they don’t show you exactly how anemic this Edmonton offense was. Take a look under the hood at five-on-five, and it gets a lot scarier.
With both teams at full strength, the Oilers mustered only three high-danger scoring chances the entire game, according to Natural Stat Trick. Mattias Ekholm, a shutdown defenseman, led the team in shots with four. The only other player with multiple five-on-five shots was Connor McDavid with two. The Oilers didn’t even generate a full expected goal in almost 50 minutes at five-on-five, finishing with 0.94.
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