Overview
- For the second straight year Edmonton and Florida face off in the Stanley Cup Final, with Game 1 set for Wednesday at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
- The Oilers hold home-ice advantage and have augmented their sheet by shipping and mixing ice from six players’ youth rinks across Canada.
- Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl lead all playoff scorers and McDavid enters the Final as the favorite (–120) to win a second consecutive Conn Smythe Trophy.
- Edmonton is installed as a slight series favorite (–128 at FanDuel, –120 at DraftKings) while the Panthers bring an 8–2 road record into the rematch.
- Both teams reshaped their lineups since last year’s Final, with Edmonton adding Kasperi Kapanen, Viktor Arvidsson and Vasily Podkolzin and Florida beefing up its defense and depth with Seth Jones and Brad Marchand.