To win at this time of the year players put their bodies through so much. In this series, with the history of the two teams, having met in the Stanley Cup Final last year, the Panthers edging the Oilers in seven games, there was a feeling going in that it was essentially a rivalry continued as opposed to renewed.

Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers look to take a commanding series lead when they host Sergei Bobrovsky and the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final on Friday. Bobrovsky made an impressive 42 saves,

The Florida Panthers got outplayed for stretches of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final and ultimately lost to the Edmonton Oilers in overtime after a puck over the glass penalty.