The 2025 Stanley Cup Final is established. For the 2nd successive year, it’s the Florida Panthers vs. the Edmonton Oilers in the last round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Not all follows up are just as good as the initial. Will this set be Rocky II? Or will it be The Godfather III? More notably, can the Oilers win this time around– finishing the dry spell for Canadian groups winning the Cup, a touch returning to 1993?
Here are the significant information on the collection, from the routine and wagering intel (thanks to ESPN WAGER) to notes on each club and the match from ESPN Research.
Stanley Cup Final
Paths to the Final:
Oilers: Defeated Kings in 6, Golden Knights in 5, Stars in 5
Panthers: Defeated Lightning in 5, Maple Leafs in 7, Hurricanes in 5
Schedule:
Game 1: Panthers at Oilers, June 4, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 2: Panthers at Oilers, June 6, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Oilers at Panthers, June 9, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 4: Oilers at Panthers, June 12, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5: Panthers at Oilers, June 14, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 6: Oilers at Panthers, June 17, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 7: Panthers at Oilers, June 20, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Betting intel
Cup victor:
Oilers: -115
Panthers: -105
Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP)
Connor McDavid (EDM): -110
Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA): +250
Aleksander Barkov (FLA): +425
Leon Draisaitl (EDM): +800
Matthew Tkachuk (FLA): +2500
Sam Bennett (FLA): +3000
Matchup notes
This is the 12th Stanley Cup Final rematch in NHL background, the 5th in the growth age (considering that 1967-68), and the very first considering that 2008-09. The past 2 events– Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red Wings in 2008 and 2009, Edmonton Oilers vs. New York Islanders in 1983 and 1984– consisted of Sidney Crosby and Wayne Gretzky winning their very firstCup A great indication for Connor McDavid?
The Panthers did not touch the Prince of Wales Trophy as victors of the Eastern Conference in 2014, after they did so in both 1996 and 2023 when they won it on those celebrations. Florida won the Cup in 2024 after not touching it, while it shed in the Cup Final the previous 2 times when the group touched it. The Oilers determined this year to touch the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl for winning theWestern Conference They did not touch the prize in 2014, neither did they do so in 2006– and yet they shed the Stanley Cup Final in 7 video games both times.
In in 2014’s Cup Final, the Panthers competed bent on a 3-0 lead on an accumulated rating of 11-4. The Oilers won the following 3 by a consolidated rating of 18-5. Game 7 was the tightest video game of the collection without a doubt, finishing with a 2-1 win for the Panthers; the game-winning objective happened at 15:11 of the 2nd duration, Sam Reinhart’s 10th of the 2024 postseason.
The Panthers won both of their 2024-25 regular-season video games versus the Oilers (6-5 at Florida onDec 16 and 4-3 at Edmonton onFeb 27).
This collection will certainly include the leading 4 choices from the 2014 NHL draft: Aaron Ekblad (No 1 to FLA), Sam Reinhart (No 2 to BUF), Leon Draisaitl (No 3 to EDM) and Sam Bennett (No 4 to CGY). It’s the 2nd last in NHL background where each of leading 4 choices from the exact same NHL draft (skaters and goaltenders) wear at the very least one ready either group– signing up with the 2024 last, with the exact same gamers.
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Panthers breakthrough to the Stanley Cup Final for the third successive year
The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes in 5 video games to progress to their 3rd successive Stanley Cup Final.
Team notes
Oilers
The Oilers will certainly play in the Stanley Cup Final for the 9th time, which passes the Philadelphia Flyers (8) for the most amongst non-Original-Six franchise business, and places 7th on the whole.
Edmonton is the 8th group in the NHL’s growth age (considering that 1967-68) to get to the Stanley Cup Final regardless of shedding their very first 2 video games of their opening playoff collection. Each of the various other 7 clubs to do so wound up winning the Stanley Cup: the 2018 Washington Capitals, 2014 Los Angeles Kings, 2011 Boston Bruins, 2006 Carolina Hurricanes, 2002 Detroit Red Wings, 1993 Montreal Canadiens and 1992Penguins The 2014 Kings are the only club in NHL background to begin 0-3 and win the Cup.
Connor McDavid standards 1.73 factors per video game versus the Panthers in his profession, consisting of playoffs. That’s the highest possible price versus Florida by any kind of gamer in the franchise business’s background (minutes. 20 GENERAL PRACTITIONER). The gamers right behind McDavid: Joe Sakic (1.44 factors per video game), Peter Forsberg (1.43 ), Mario Lemieux (1.32 ).
After shedding his very first 3 begins this postseason, Stuart Skinner is 6-1 in his previous 7 begins, with a 1.41 goals-against standard,.944 save percent and 3 nothings.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the lengthiest offering existing Oilers gamer, can come to be the 2nd gamer in NHL background to play his very first 14-plus periods with a franchise business and afterwards win his very first Stanley Cup with them. He would certainly sign up with Steve Yzerman (1997 with Detroit, his 14th period)
Panthers
The Panthers are the 9th franchise business in NHL background with 3 successive Stanley Cup Final looks, and 2nd in the previous 40 years, signing up with the Lightning from 2020-22.
Florida can come to be the 10th franchise business in NHL background to repeat as Stanley Cup champs and 8th throughout the growth age.
The Panthers will certainly go into Game 1 in Edmonton having actually won their previous 5 roadway championship game, outscoring challengers 27-7 over those 5 video games while going 6-for-14 (42.9%) on the power play.
Over Florida’s past 10 video games this postseason, Sergei Bobrovsky has a 1.57 goals-against standard,.935 save percent and 2 nothings. He gets in the 2025 Stanley Cup Final with 57 profession playoff wins, second-most amongst energetic goalkeepers behind just Andrei Vasilevskiy (67 ).
Carter Verhaeghe scored his 3rd profession series-clinching objective in the Eastern Conference finals, and currently routes just Max Pacioretty and Artturi Lehkonen (both with 4) for the most amongst all energetic gamers. Verhaeghe’s 12 profession game-winning objectives in the playoffs are two times as lots of as the next-closest gamer in Panthers background (Matthew Tkachuk, 6).
Sam Bennett racked up in Game 5 versus Carolina and came to be the very first gamer to get to the 10-goal mark in the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. He additionally came to be the second-fastest gamer in franchise business background to strike the standard in a postseason, behind Dave Lowry (15 video games played in 1996). Bennett’s 10 objectives are linked for the third-most in a solitary postseason in Panthers background, behind Carter Verhaeghe (2024) and Matthew Tkachuk (2023) with 11 each.
