EDMONTON – Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season as the Florida Panthers continued to hurt Edmonton, coming away with a 4-0 victory over the Oilers on Thursday in a rematch of the last two Stanley Cup Finals.
Cole Reinhardt, AJ Greer, Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe scored for the injury-hit Panthers (34-31-3), who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues and Michael Benning all had two assist games. The Panthers are almost certain to miss the playoffs and a chance to defend their back-to-back titles.
Connor Ingram made 19 stops in the loss for Edmonton (34-27-9).
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The Oilers had a modest two-game winning streak snapped and missed a chance to move past idle Anaheim for first place in the Pacific Division.
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Edmonton was without star forward Leon Draisaitl, out for the rest of the regular season with a lower-body injury.
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Panthers: Benning, a fourth-round pick (95th overall) in the 2020 entry draft out of Florida, was playing in just his fourth career NHL game. The 24-year-old Edmonton-area defenseman already has three points.
Oilers: Captain Connor McDavid is still two goals shy of 400, one assist shy of 800 and three points shy of 1,200 for his career.
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Florida went up 3-0 on the power play with 5:39 to play in the second period as Lundell scored his 18th goal of the season on a loose puck in front of the net.
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Florida has been hit hard by injuries all season with the most games missed in the league, including many lengthy IRs. Among those out Thursday were Aleksander Barkov, Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart. Only defender Gustav Forsling has managed to appear in all 68 games this season. In contrast, six Oilers have played in every game: Connor McDavid, Matt Savoie, Vasily Podkolzin, Evan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm and Darnell Nurse.
In continuation
Oilers: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
Panthers: Visit the Calgary Flames on Friday.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on March 19, 2026.
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