NHL Makes Historic Leon Draisaitl Announcement Following Game 4 of Oilers-Panthers

The Stanley Cup Finals between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers is heating up. The frozen ice inside Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida played host to a drama-filled Game 4.

The Oilers, trailing 2-1 heading into Thursday night's game, looked like their season was on the brink after just 20 minutes of action. The Panthers took a dominant 3-0 lead into the first intermission. 

However, just 20 minutes later, Game 4 was tied 3-3. And after trading goals in the third period, including a dramatic, game-tying goal with just 19.5 seconds remaining in regulation, the Panthers sent the game to overtime

This set the stage for NHL history. Oilers center, Leon Draisaitl, took assists from Vasily Podkolzin and Mattias Ekholm and put a backhand in the back of the net, beating Sergei Bobrovsky for the game-winning, OT goal. 

The thrilling, OT winner, Draisaitl's fourth of this postseason, broke the NHL record for most OT goals in a single postseason. The NHL was quick to make the historic announcement following Game 4.