Edmonton battles back from 3 goals down in front of Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce

The Edmonton Oilers tied up the Stanley Cup Finals at two games a piece with a stunning comeback overtime victory over the Florida Panthers, 5-4, in Sunrise Thursday. And the Panthers did it in front of a celebrity audience with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce highlighting the crowd.  

Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl scored the winning goal in overtime to cap off a back-and-forth thriller. It was Draisaitl’s fourth overtime goal of the Stanley Cup playoffs, breaking the NHL record for most in a single postseason. Draisaitl also scored the winning goal in overtime in Game 1. 

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Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) defends Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) during the first period of Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The Oilers overcame an early three-goal deficit in the most dramatic game of the series so far. 

The Panthers took a commanding 3-0 lead in the first period on two goals by Matthew Tkachuk and one by Anton Lundell.

But the Oilers took less than a period to tie it up, with three goals by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Vasily Podkolzin and Darnell Nurse in the second.

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Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner makes a save against the Florida Panthers during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Fla., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Then the game froze up, with the teams playing at a stalemate going into the third period. That stalemate lasted more than halfway into the third period until Oilers defenseman Jake Walman finally broke the tie with a goal with just under 7 minutes to go in regulation.

And then, with less than 20 seconds to go, the Panthers tied it back up on a dramatic goal by Sam Reinhart, sending the game to overtime.

Neither team budged for the first 11 minutes of the extra period, but then Draisaitl broke through to ice the game and even up the series at the 8:42 mark. 

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Edmonton Oilers’ Vasily Podkolzin (92) celebrates after his goal with Corey Perry (90) and Leon Draisaitl (29) as Florida Panthers’ Niko Mikkola (77) looks on during the second period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Fla., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

The series returns to Edmonton with Game 5 on Saturday. 

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