Broberg cut the Panthers lead to 4-2 at 6:02 of the third period with a shot from the right face-off circle that was targeted to go high and wide but instead found its way in off Niko Mikkola‘s elbow.
McLeod made it 4-3 at 14:43 with a netfront deflection of Brett Kulak‘s shot.
He had another chance right in front off a pass from McDavid at 15:46, but the shot was on the ice and Bobrovsky made the save with his left pad.
“The best chance that Edmonton had didn’t go in and that’s Sergei Bobrovsky,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said.
Reinhart gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 18:58 of the first period with a redirection of Gustav Forsling‘s pass.
Foegele tied it 1-1 with a breakaway goal on a low glove shot at 1:49 of the second period, but Florida found momentum from there and scored three in a row, just enough to put at minimum 60 minutes between them and the Stanley Cup.
“Well, it’s there for us but you don’t think about it,” Barkov said. “You can’t think about it. All you have to do is take one moment at a time. Right now, we have to enjoy this win. We battled really hard today and we had a good win and we’ll just enjoy this. Tomorrow, we need to recover and get ready for the game. That’s about it. We never think too much ahead.”
NOTES: The Panthers are 1-3 in Game 4 when they have a 3-0 lead in a best-of-7 series. … The last time a team led 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Final was the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2021 against the Montreal Canadiens. The Lightning needed five games to win the Stanley Cup. … The Panthers are 7-2 on the road in the playoffs.
