In Edmonton, the visiting Florida P{anthers clawed their way to a 5-1 thrashing of the Oilers on Saturday night.
Carter Verhaeghe hit for a double in the win.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 38 saves in the win.
“You’re not beating these guys on home ice unless you get a goaltending performance like that,” Florida coach Paul Maurice said. “He was quick and as dynamic and explosive as he was in the crease, he was also incredibly calm.
“You could feel it from the bench; he wasn’t getting beat tonight. We needed that, we needed our ‘A’ guys to step up and be great.”
The Panthers moved to 18-10-2, and snapped a two-game losing streak, both by shut out.
“It was a good game against a dangerous opponent,” Bobrovsky said. “It’s fun to play those games against the really good offensive teams, so I was involved in the game, It was fun.”
The first period was a blizzard of goals for the Panthers as they grabbed a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes.
Verhaeghe potted his first of the game at 5:33 for a 1-0 lead.
“We’re a resilient team and I think we came out the right way, and it was nice to get the first couple of goals of the game. It started us off on the right foot,” Verhaeghe said. “We believe in ourselves, and it was nice to get the win.
“Anytime you don’t score in two games it [stinks], so it was nice to see the puck go in the net. We made a couple of nice plays and then made a couple of more. It was nice.”
Brandon Montour pushed the lead out to 2-0 with 61 seconds left in the first.
Aleksander Barkov scored scored with 32 seconds left in the stanza for a 3-0 lead headed to the middle frame..
“Obviously a sloppy game for us, especially at the end of the first,” Hyman said. “It’s 1-0 and we give up two in the last two minutes on plays that we can control, getting outnumbered at the net, just not defending the way we have been. It’s a tough one.
“It’s one game. We’ve played some really good hockey of late. You never want to play a bad game, but it happens. It’s on us to make sure it doesn’t happen again. You have to nip it in the bud quick and get back to playing the way we’ve shown we can.”
The Oilers dropped to 13-14-1, and have lost two straight.
“I don’t think we defended well enough. I don’t think there was enough urgency to protect the slots,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “We made some mistakes, and they forced us into doing that and that’s going to be part of hockey. But I just didn’t like how we reacted to those.
“We just need to get a little more urgency playing defensive hockey. When things are going well, you often forget about those details of what made you successful. We just need to get back playing a little bit better defensive hockey.”
Zach Hyman scored at 8:08 to trim the deficit to 3-1, but that was all the offense the Oilers could muster.
Sam Bennett replied with a power play marker at 16:01 of the second period to give the Panthers a 4-1 advantage headed to the third.
Verhaeghe potted his double with 27 seconds of fresh ice used in the third period for the 5-1 final count. 
Calvin Pickard made 34 saves in the loss.
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