SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk took off at full speed from basically center ice, chasing a puck that had sailed over his head and was heading directly toward an empty net.
He dove, he outstretched his stick, He swatted and barely, just barely, knocked the puck away to keep the Florida Panthers’ hope of forcing overtime alive. Problem was, the next person who got to the puck was Connor McDavid — who scored to put the game away.
Such was how Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final went for the Panthers. Even when they were good, it wasn’t good enough. And another long flight to Alberta awaits, with this title series suddenly looking very tight.
The Panthers gave up two power-play goals and a short-handed score, got into a 3-0 hole before trying to rally and wound up falling 5-3 to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 5 of the title series on Tuesday night. It was the second consecutive time Florida was thwarted in a chance to win the Cup, after an 8-1 embarrassment in Edmonton over the weekend.
Game 6 is there on Friday night.
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