Just 66 seconds into Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, Leon Draisaitl scored to give the Edmonton Oilers a 1-0 lead over the Florida Panthers. Over an hour of game time later, Drasaitl scored the overtime winner to seal a 4-3 win and send the Edmonton fans home happy.

A Canadian team hasn’t lifted the Stanley Cup in almost 32 years and now the Edmonton Oilers are one step closer to breaking that drought after defeating the Florida Panthers 4-3 in overtime to take Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday.

Leon Draisaitl scored on the power play in overtime, Stuart Skinner made 29 saves and the Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit to beat the defending champion Florida Panthers 4-3 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final rematch on Wednesday night.

The Edmonton Oilers, however, have embraced “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan, and the reason behind it has quickly become of the most closely-guarded secrets in sports. For much of the 2024-25 season the team has been rocking “Pink Pony Club” after wins,

The Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are set for a Stanley Cup Finals rematch, a year after the Panthers won the Cup in seven games.

If the series opener of the Stanley Cup Final is a hint of things to come, the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are about to give everyone a memorable show.

During the series against the Vegas Golden Knights, Knoblauch deployed Draisaitl (at times with McDavid) against Jack Eichel’s line a higher-than-average amount. In 42 minutes head-to-head, Edmonton won the shot share (60 percent), goal share (67 percent) and expected goal share (57 percent).

The Oilers scored the final three goals to beat the Panthers in Edmonton and take the first game of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final.

The Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers seemed to have been on a collision course to meet again in the Stanley Cup Final.

The Stanley Cup Finals are officially upon us, as the two best teams in the NHL are set to face off in a best-of-seven series starting Wednesday in Edmonton.

The Oilers and Panthers combined for 102 hits, many of them bruising body checks sending opponents into the glass and to the ice.

Leon Draisaitl scored on the power play in overtime, Stuart Skinner made 29 saves and the Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit to beat the defending champion Florida Panthers 4-3 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final rematch on Wednesday night.