Panthers-Oilers II: Key stats to know for the 2025 Stanley Cup Final

The 2025 Stanley Cup Final is set. For the 2nd consecutive year, it's the Florida Panthers vs. the Edmonton Oilers successful the last circular of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Not each sequels are arsenic bully arsenic the original. Will this 1 beryllium Rocky II? Or volition it beryllium The Godfather III? More importantly, tin the Oilers triumph this clip -- ending the drought for Canadian teams winning the Cup, a streak going backmost to 1993?

Here are the large details connected the series, from the docket and betting intel (courtesy of ESPN BET) to notes connected each nine and the matchup from ESPN Research.

Stanley Cup Final

P3 Edmonton
Oilers
vs.

A3 Florida
Panthers

Paths to the Final:

Oilers: Defeated Kings successful six, Golden Knights successful five, Stars successful five
Panthers: Defeated Lightning successful five, Maple Leafs successful seven, Hurricanes successful five

Schedule:

Game 1: Panthers astatine Oilers, June 4, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 2: Panthers astatine Oilers, June 6, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Oilers astatine Panthers, June 9, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 4: Oilers astatine Panthers, June 12, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5: Panthers astatine Oilers, June 14, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 6: Oilers astatine Panthers, June 17, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 7: Panthers astatine Oilers, June 20, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)

Betting intel

Cup winner:

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 successful NHL history, the 5th successful the enlargement epoch (since 1967-68), and the archetypal since 2008-09. The past 2 occurrences -- Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red Wings successful 2008 and 2009, Edmonton Oilers vs. New York Islanders successful 1983 and 1984 -- included Sidney Crosby and Wayne Gretzky winning their archetypal Cup. A bully motion for Connor McDavid?

The Panthers did not interaction the Prince of Wales Trophy arsenic winners of the Eastern Conference past year, aft they did truthful successful some 1996 and 2023 erstwhile they won it connected those occasions. Florida won the Cup successful 2024 aft not touching it, portion it mislaid successful the Cup Final the erstwhile 2 times erstwhile the squad touched it. The Oilers decided this twelvemonth to interaction the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl for winning the Western Conference. They did not interaction the trophy past year, nor did they bash truthful successful 2006 -- and yet they mislaid the Stanley Cup Final successful 7 games some times.

In past year's Cup Final, the Panthers raced retired to a 3-0 pb connected an aggregate people of 11-4. The Oilers won the adjacent 3 by a combined people of 18-5. Game 7 was the tightest crippled of the bid by far, ending with a 2-1 triumph for the Panthers; the game-winning extremity occurred astatine 15:11 of the 2nd period, Sam Reinhart's 10th of the 2024 postseason.

The Panthers won some of their 2024-25 regular-season games against the Oilers (6-5 astatine Florida connected Dec. 16 and 4-3 astatine Edmonton connected Feb. 27).

This bid volition diagnostic the apical 4 picks 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 successful NHL past wherever each of apical 4 picks from the aforesaid NHL draught (skaters and goaltenders) formal successful astatine slightest 1 crippled for either squad -- joining the 2024 final, with the aforesaid players.

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Panthers beforehand to the Stanley Cup Final for the 3rd consecutive year

The Florida Panthers decision the Carolina Hurricanes successful 5 games to beforehand to their 3rd consecutive Stanley Cup Final.

Team notes

Oilers

The Oilers volition play successful the Stanley Cup Final for the ninth time, which passes the Philadelphia Flyers (eight) for the astir among non-Original-Six franchises, and ranks seventh overall.

Edmonton is the eighth squad successful the NHL's enlargement epoch (since 1967-68) to scope the Stanley Cup Final contempt losing their archetypal 2 games of their opening playoff series. Each of the different 7 clubs to bash truthful ended 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 1992 Penguins. The 2014 Kings are the lone nine successful NHL past to commencement 0-3 and triumph the Cup.

Connor McDavid averages 1.73 points per crippled against the Panthers successful his career, including playoffs. That's the highest complaint against Florida by immoderate subordinate successful the franchise's past (min. 20 GP). The players close down McDavid: Joe Sakic (1.44 points per game), Peter Forsberg (1.43), Mario Lemieux (1.32).

After losing his archetypal 3 starts this postseason, Stuart Skinner is 6-1 successful his past 7 starts, with a 1.41 goals-against average, .944 prevention percent and 3 shutouts.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the longest serving existent Oilers player, tin go the 2nd subordinate successful NHL past to play his archetypal 14-plus seasons with a franchise and past triumph his archetypal Stanley Cup with them. He would articulation Steve Yzerman (1997 with Detroit, his 14th season)

Panthers

The Panthers are the ninth franchise successful NHL past with 3 consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances, and 2nd successful the past 40 years, joining the Lightning from 2020-22.

Florida tin go the 10th franchise successful NHL past to repetition arsenic Stanley Cup champions and eighth during the enlargement era.

The Panthers volition participate Game 1 successful Edmonton having won their past 5 roadworthy playoff games, outscoring opponents 27-7 implicit those 5 games portion going 6-for-14 (42.9%) connected the powerfulness play.

Over Florida's past 10 games this postseason, Sergei Bobrovsky has a 1.57 goals-against average, .935 prevention percent and 2 shutouts. He enters the 2025 Stanley Cup Final with 57 vocation playoff wins, second-most among progressive goalies down lone Andrei Vasilevskiy (67).

Carter Verhaeghe scored his 3rd vocation series-clinching extremity successful the Eastern Conference finals, and present trails lone Max Pacioretty and Artturi Lehkonen (both with four) for the astir among each progressive players. Verhaeghe's 12 vocation game-winning goals successful the playoffs are doubly arsenic galore arsenic the next-closest subordinate successful Panthers past (Matthew Tkachuk, six).

Sam Bennett scored successful Game 5 against Carolina and became the archetypal subordinate to scope the 10-goal people successful the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. He besides became the second-fastest subordinate successful franchise past to deed the benchmark successful a postseason, down Dave Lowry (15 games played successful 1996). Bennett's 10 goals are tied for the third-most successful a azygous postseason successful Panthers history, down Carter Verhaeghe (2024) and Matthew Tkachuk (2023) with 11 each.