The good news for Edmonton Oilers fans is Connor McDavid scored. The bad news is that Brad Marchand scored more for the Florida Panthers.

A year after winning the Conn Smythe Trophy despite coming up short in the Stanley Cup Final, Connor McDavid is favored to be named NHL Stanley Cup Playoff MVP.

While the play of the Florida Panthers’ Sam Bennett and Brad Marchand, and the overall physicality of Game 3 drove the narrative, there was another developing storyline: Aleksander Barkov slowed down Connor McDavid.

The play became a footnote because it happened in the first period of a 5-4 double-overtime win for the Florida Panthers at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Friday. The series is tied 1-1 entering Game 3 at Amerant Bank Arena here Monday (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC).

Lauren McDavid and the rest of the Oilers wives and girlfriends went nuts after the stunning Game 4 comeback overtime win against the Florida Panthers.

How the numbers reflect how tight this series has been, and could extra rest during the final help Sergei Bobrovsky stay on form?

For Montreal Canadiens left wing John Ferguson, his trail to the Stanley Cup began in earnest after they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 1964 playoffs. Just one season later, "Fergie" was a potent force when the Canadiens became champions. He would play on five Stanley Cup winners in an eight-year NHL career.

The assist has since gone viral, thanks to McDavid's bewilderingly smooth puck handling that led to the precisely located pass, and one angle of the moment filmed from in the stands at Rogers Place offers a unique and breathtaking look into the play.