The Florida Panthers are in an unfamiliar position for the first time in these playoffs — they actually trail in a series.

The defending champions lost a 4-3 heartbreaker to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday evening after blowing a 3-1 lead. But Brad Marchand knows that's no reason to panic.

Via The Athletic:

“It’s one game. You can’t get stuck in the past here. So we’ll regroup, refocus and get ready for the next one,” Marchand said.

The veteran also said the Panthers need to play cleaner hockey:

“They just pushed,” said Marchand. “A couple pucks we didn’t really get deep. Gotta be a little bit better making plays under pressure, getting our legs going a little bit more. We got caught just kind of flipping pucks, and they’d regroup and come b

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