Referees gift Panthers a free goal after brutal turnover in Game 3
The Panthers... and the refs... are just ALL over the Oilers tonight.
UPDATE: It's not 4-1... yeesh.
NHL referee Francis Charron may as well be credited with an assist this evening for the play he made on Edmonton Oilers defenseman John Klingberg this evening.
With Klingberg trying to break up the boards in his own end, Charron collided with him causing a turnover that lead directly to a pivotal goal by Florida Panthers forward Sam Reinhart.
Check it out:
Yeesh... tough to win a hockey game when you have to play not only the Panthers, but the referees as well.
Read below for our earlier reports on this game, published as events occurred.
Things are getting spicy in Game 3!
With the Florida Panthers up 2-0 on the Edmonton Oilers in the closing seconds of the 1st period of Game 3 this evening, tempers began to flare.
After Panthers forward Anton Lundell laid a sucker punch on Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard, a scrum broke out between both teams and Matthew Tkachuk absolutely SCRAMBLED to get away from an angry Evander Kane.
Watch Tkachuk literally run away from Kane to the waiting arms of an official while Kane tries his best to instigate a fight.
Panthers forward Jonah Gadjovich also wanted no part of Corey Perry and Perry let him know exactly which amphibian he resembles:
Old time hockey, baby!
