Sasha Barkov, Flying Back to Edmonton: Florida Panthers Day After Game 4 Cup Loss

Sasha Barkov, Flying Back to Edmonton: Florida Panthers Day After Game 4 Cup Loss

late yeah got some movies got some books maybe a little sleep uh just a little bit about last night i mean you guys three overtime games now in this series what’s it like playing in those pressure packs i mean where anything can happen and there’s so much weight on them yeah but I think when you’re in a game like you you don’t think about that like you just go with the flow and uh like yesterday obviously we had a good lead after first and uh it’s tough tough to give give that up but uh for sure for sure we’ll learn from it and moving forward what kind of changed last night in that second period to to turn turn the tide for them i think they started pushing harder they started playing better so they they scored some goals and got the momentum there but I think third period was was good by us like we had some uh good good moments there when your when your energy is being put into defending McDavid and dry side has it been harder for you in the series to maybe get to your own offensive game uh it’s it’s tough to say like obviously you need to know when those two guys are on the on the where they are on the ice so uh of course you’re you have you’re trying to have your head on a swivel but uh I I I think I I could be better for sure what is it like playing in these games where you sort sort of have a push from them a push from you guys and sort of like a back and forth kind of riding the waves what’s it like playing in a series like that yeah that that means there are two good teams playing against each other and both teams are playing on their with their strengths so uh we we’ve had good moments they’ve had good moments so the we all we got to do is learn from for example yesterday we got to learn from that game a lot and take take the good things to the game tomorrow and uh learn from the from the things that we can do a little better at this point you know the series is going to go at least six games and you guys have had some success in long series when a series goes long what’s the biggest key is it uh does it go back to your experience is it a conditioning thing what’s what’s the biggest the biggest focus in a long series uh both of those for sure but uh I think at the same time just stick stick with it stick with our game plan stick with what we’re doing and like I said earlier just learn from from what we can do a little better and take the good things from previous games and take them to the next game did the goalie change affect anything last night uh not not our game plan obviously he played really well he he scored uh he saved some some big scoring chances but uh he doesn’t change what we’re trying to do on the ice did you see a change in how they played in front of him because it did seem like they might have been collapsing a little bit more around him than they were in front of Skinner i don’t know like obviously second period was uh was was good period by them like they played really well offensively and uh we didn’t get much much going uh offensively as well but all we got to do is just concentrate on next one you’ve been through this before when you look around the room is there any messaging you give or do you know everyone’s been through this before with you guys last year i think we’re very very well experienced we know we know how how it needs to be done and uh but yeah like you need everyone need to need to bring their best uh to the next game and you’re going to obviously it’s going to be a crazy environment tomorrow night uh but you guys have been this is year number three of going to those kind of places does that help you guys as far as handling that do you think yeah for sure and we’re excited it’s going to be a great atmosphere once again uh they know how to how to cheer so it’s it’s going to be loud and fun how does how does a short turnaround either help or hurt after coming off another overtime game does does it help or hurt either team that you only don’t have another extra day in between uh yeah of course it’s it’s tough like to jump on the plane the next day like we feels

Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Sasha Barkov meets the media the day after his team lost 5-4 in overtime to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport.

The Cup Final is now a best-of-3; Game 5 of the Cup Final is Saturday in Edmonton at 8 (TNT).

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Thursday, the Panthers led 3-0 after the first period on a pair of power-play goals from Matthew Tkachuk and one from Anton Lundell.

Edmonton scored three in the second then took a 4-3 lead late in the third before Sam Reinhart tied it in the final seconds of regulation. Leon Draisaitl won it in overtime.

Sergei Bobrovsky ended with 30 saves.

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