Give Edmonton Oilers The Slight Edge Over Florida In Game 5

• The Edmonton Oilers are -125 favorites to win Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals after winning Game 4 in overtime.
• Edmonton has gone 7-2 at home this postseason, although they lost their most recent game at home in Game 2 of this series.

EDMONTON – After pulling off an overtime victory on the road in Game 4, the series shifts back to the Edmonton Oilers at home against the Florida Panthers for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Panthers vs Oilers Game 5 Odds

Team	Puck Line	Moneyline	Total
Panthers	+1.5 (-245)	+105	O 6.5 (EVEN)
Oilers	-1.5 (+205)	-125	U 6.5 (-120)

After falling down 3-0 in the first period, the Oilers were able to score four unanswered goals before the Panthers tied it up to send the game to overtime, where Edmonton would ultimately complete the comeback and knot the series at two games apiece.

Legal sports betting sites give the Oilers -125 odds to win Game 5 in Edmonton after each of the first two games went to overtime with each team winning one game.

In what should be a closely contested match, bettors should look to the Oilers’ moneyline as the best value.

Calvin Pickard Replacing Skinner

Edmonton has had problems at goalie all season long, and these problems have been amplified in the postseason, as Stuart Skinner’s struggles have long been documented. Skinner allowed three goals on just 17 shot attempts in the first period and was pulled.

Calvin Pickard replaced Skinner and allowed just one goal on 23 shot attempts for the remainder of the contest, extending his record to 7-0 this postseason in nine appearances. Pickard has posted a save percentage of .896 and a goals against average of 2.69 in these playoffs.

Offensively, the Oilers were led by Leon Draisaitl, who scored a goal and recorded two assists for a team high three points in Game 4. Connor McDavid chipped in an assist as well, proving why many believe them to be the best tandem in the NHL. NHL betting sites give Draisaitl and McDavid the shortest odds of any players to score a goal tonight at +105 and +145 respectively.

Florida’s goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky struggled mightily in Game 4, allowing five goals on 35 shot attempts, a save percentage of just .857. Bobrovsky has allowed at least four goals in three of the first four games of the series.

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Prior to Edmonton’s Game 2 loss at home, they had won four consecutive home games in these playoffs and currently sit at 7-2 when playing in Edmonton this postseason.

Florida was 8-2 on the road prior to splitting the first two games in Edmonton and had won every game by multiple goals, but have clearly run into a different caliber team than those who they faced before the Stanley Cup Finals.

This game could truly go either way, but Edmonton seems to have found something with goalie Calvin Pickard and still has the best two players in the series.

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