In a climactic Stanley Cup Final showdown on Thursday evening, the Edmonton Oilers, exhibiting remarkable resilience in the face of a three-goal deficit, clawed their way back to vanquish the Florida Panthers 5-4 in overtime, levelling the series with a performance fraught with emotional vicissitudes, punctuated by Leon Draisaitl’s record-setting fourth career playoff overtime goal.

Despite an initial 0-3 disadvantage, the Oilers orchestrated a remarkable comeback, drawing level before the second intermission; while they seized the lead in the third period, a late Panthers equalizer forced sudden death, where the Oilers etched their names in history as the first team since 1919 to overcome a three-goal deficit on the road in the waning stages of a Stanley Cup Final game; the series now returns to Edmonton for Game 5, locked at two games apiece.