THIRD PERIOD
The rough night for the Oilers got rougher early in the final frame when Skinner shot the puck over the glass on a clearing attempt and given a delay-of-game penalty, which the Panthers turned into their second man-advantage marker of the net.
Matthew Tkachuk made a pass from behind the net to the high slot for Reinhart, who flipped a no-look backhand feed to Aaron Ekblad in the left circle for a one-timer that beat Skinner and chased the netminder from the game, as the Oilers inserted Calvin Pickard for the rest of the night.
Edmonton’s frustration finally boiled over just past the midway mark of the period as Trent Frederic gave Bennett some vicious cross-checks in the neutral zone and Darnell Nurse duked it out with Jonah Gadjovich. Mattias Ekholm was also involved with A.J. Greer, as the Panthers ended up with yet another power play from the melee.
A few more dust-ups followed before the final buzzer, with Nurse, Ekholm, Frederic, Evander Kane, Jake Walman and Kasperi Kapanen all receiving 10-minute misconducts to earn an early trip to the showers.
Evan Rodrigues added another power-play goal with 3:50 remaining while Florida was on a five-on-three advantage to round out the lopsided final score.
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