Edmonton Oilers on the brink of a Stanley Cup win after improbable comeback

A win away from rewriting some NHL history, the Oilers headed to Florida on Saturday for Monday's Game 7 that seemed improbable a week earlier.

The contract clock ticking on Edmonton winning a Cup with the dynamic duo of captain Connor McDavid and centre Leon Draisaitl on the roster is another. Draisaitl has a year remaining on his contract and McDavid two. "I don't know what goes on in Florida, I don't know how they handle things, so I don't think it's fair for me to comment on where they sit," he said Saturday.

Scoring first in a game is desirable any time. That's been magnified in Edmonton's three straight wins in which they've scored first — including two short-handed — to get the jump on the Panthers. It was Warren Foegele, on a deft saucer pass from Draisaitl in the first period, and Adam Henrique who gave Edmonton a 2-0 lead and the upper hand less than a minute into the second period.

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