Panthers and Oilers engage in all-out brawl as Florida takes control of Stanley Cup Final in Game 3 victory

While warring is simply a regularity successful the NHL, there’s a debased percent of it happening successful Stanley Cup Playoff games. 

Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, though, saw an all-out brawl successful the Florida Panthers’ lopsided triumph implicit the Edmonton Oilers to instrumentality a 2-1 pb successful the series. 

In their archetypal location crippled of the best-of-seven series, the Panthers took afloat advantage, and the Oilers tried to get adjacent successful a carnal mode alternatively of connected the scoreboard. 

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A combat breaks retired during the 3rd play betwixt Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers successful crippled 3 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final astatine Amerant Bank Arena. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)

The crippled was already 5-1 successful favour of Florida erstwhile things were getting much chippy connected the ice. It reached a antithetic level erstwhile Edmonton guardant Trent Federic started to prime connected Sam Bennett to the constituent wherever helium cross-checked him down to the ice, and Bennett retaliated with immoderate punches arsenic helium got connected apical of Federic. 

That archetypal combat led each subordinate connected the crystal to find a spouse to duel with, and the referees simply fto the brawl play itself out. The Oilers’ Darnell Nurse and the Panthers’ Jonah Gadjovich clutched each other’s sweaters and were throwing haymakers, portion Florida’s A.J. Greer dueled with Edmonton’s Mattias Ekholm.

After the fights fizzled out, Nurse, Godjovich, Bennett, Federic, Greer and Ekholm were each called for crippled misconducts and sent disconnected the crystal for the remainder of the game. 

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But, with astir fractional of the 3rd play inactive to play, the hostility betwixt these 2 teams vying for Lord Stanley’s Cup didn’t stop. It chiefly came from the Oilers, arsenic Evander Kane was sent disconnected the crystal for the nighttime aft slashing Carter Verhaeghe successful the look portion helium was down connected the ice. 

More penalties would beryllium had arsenic the timepiece kept ticking down, and astatine that point, some teams were conscionable hoping nary 1 would get wounded with overmuch of this bid near to play. Even astatine the last buzzer, Oilers prima Corey Perry started jousting with aggregate Panthers players, arsenic fans started throwing debris onto the ice.

In the end, the Panthers responded to each the over-physical play by the Oilers with a power-play extremity to headdress their 6-1 victory, arsenic Evan Rodrigues hammered location a shot. 

A combat breaks retired during the 3rd play betwixt Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers successful crippled 3 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final astatine Amerant Bank Arena. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)

Other than the fights, immoderate tremendous violative hockey was connected show by Florida from the get-go, arsenic Brad Marchand potted 1 past Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner conscionable nether 1 infinitesimal into the game.

Marchand became the oldest subordinate successful NHL past to people successful each of the archetypal 3 Stanley Cup Finals games. But helium isn’t the lone subordinate to bash truthful connected his squad successful this series.

Sam Bennett joined him successful the 2nd play aft uncovering himself connected a breakaway to the nett acknowledgment to Eetu Luostarinen intercepting an Edmonton walk astatine the bluish line. 

Bennett went backhand forehand connected Skinner, and buried his wrister apical support to instrumentality a commanding 4-1 lead. Amerant Bank Arena went berserk arsenic Bennett’s extremity led to an eruption of cheering connected and disconnected the crystal for the Panthers. 

Verhaeghe besides got into the extremity file with a power-play extremity assisted by Rodrigues and Nate Schmidt to spell into the locker country up 2-0. 

Perry was capable to get the Oilers a much-needed effect with a power-play extremity of his ain astatine the opening of the 2nd period, but Florida’s physicality, which was deemed ineligible by referees connected the ice, yet led to Bennett’s extremity and Sam Reinhart’s earlier that. 

Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad (5) and Edmonton Oilers halfway Trent Frederic (21) combat during the 3rd play successful crippled 3 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final astatine Amerant Bank Arena. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)

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Things came disconnected the rails for Edmonton erstwhile Florida went backmost connected the powerfulness play, and their apical portion enactment unneurotic a beauteous show of passing ending with Aaron Ekblad’s wide-open nett to wrist location the team’s 5th extremity of the contest. 

It was genuinely a connection triumph for Florida, who person each types of momentum heading into Game 4 connected Thursday night. 

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