EDMONTON -- Who played well in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final? Sometimes it’s easy to tell, sometimes it isn’t. NHL.com graded the players in a 4-3 overtime win by the Edmonton Oilers against the Florida Panthers at Rogers Place on Wednesday. Here are the players that stood out the most.
Honor roll
Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers): Draisaitl started it, but more importantly, he finished it. He got Rogers Place going just 1:06 into the game with his eighth goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but it was his overtime winner on the power play at 19:29 that had Edmonton celebrating.
Stuart Skinner (Edmonton Oilers): After Sam Bennett’s second goal 2:00 into the second period, the Oilers goaltender settled in and was strong for the rest of the game. He made 16 of his 29 saves in the secon