♪ We’ll meet again. we know where, we know when ♪ A rare Stanley Cup rematch begins tonight when the defending champion Florida Panthers visit the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place. Both teams won their respective conference final in relatively easy fashion, with the Panthers dispatching the Carolina Hurricanes in five games and the Oilers doing likewise to the Dallas Stars. Aleksander Barkov (17 points) leads a group of ten Florida skaters who have put up ten or more points in the postseason. Another member of that group, Sam Bennett, is the only player in the playoffs to pot ten goals, so far. As per usual, Edmonton is led by the deadly one-two punch of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. McDavid tops the league in scoring with 26 points while Draisaitl is right behind him with 25. Sergei Bobrovsky leads the NHL with 12 playoff wins and shares the shutout lead (3) with Stuart Skinner, who has bounced back in spectacular fashion after losing the starting job in the first round against the Los Angeles. Calvin Pickard won six straight games before a lower body injury returned Skinner to the net.
- WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Rogers Place – Edmonton, AB
- ON THE TUBE: TNT
- ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 92.1 Real Radio (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
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- SEASON SERIES: Florida won 2-0
- LAST MEETING: @FLA 4, EDM 3 – (Recap) 2/27/2025
- NEXT MEETING: Game 2 – June 6, 2024
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (12-5 .912 / 2.11 3SO) Edmonton: Skinner (6-4 .904 / 2.53 3SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Edmonton