The 2025 Stanley Cup Final will final not less than six video games, because the Edmonton Oilers gained one other time beyond regulation thriller over the Florida Panthers in Game 4.
With the collection tied 2-2 heading into Game 5, it is now a best-of-three, making Saturday’s sport all of the extra pivotal. Which workforce will transfer inside one W of the best trophy in sports activities?
Listed below are notes on the matchup from ESPN Analysis, in addition to betting intel from ESPN BET:
Extra from Recreation 4: Recap | Grades
Matchup notes
Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers
Recreation 5 | 8 p.m. ET | TNT/Max
What a distinction a sport makes! Heading into Recreation 4, the Panthers have been -260 favorites to win the Cup, with the Oilers at +215. Now, the 2 groups are each -110. Sam Bennett (+150) and Connor McDavid (+240) stay atop the Conn Smythe leaderboard — however Connor’s teammate Leon Draisaitl has joined him at +240 after he tallied the OT sport winner (his second of the collection).
In historical past, when a Stanley Cup Remaining has been tied 2-2, the winner of Recreation 5 has gone on to win 19 out of 26 occasions (.731 win share).
The Panthers have gained their final three collection that have been tied 2-2: 2022 first spherical vs. the Washington Capitals, 2024 convention finals vs. the New York Rangers and 2025 second spherical vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Oilers have gained their final three collection after they have been trailing 2-1: 2024 second spherical vs. the Vancouver Canucks, 2024 convention finals vs. the Dallas Stars, 2025 first spherical vs. the Los Angeles Kings.
The Oilers grew to become the seventh workforce to beat a three-goal deficit to win a Stanley Cup Remaining sport, and the primary for the reason that Carolina Hurricanes did it to them in Recreation 1 of the 2006 finals. They’re solely the second workforce to perform this feat on the highway, becoming a member of the 1919 Montreal Canadiens on the Seattle Metropolitans.
The 2 groups have mixed to attain 32 targets up to now, which is the fourth most by means of the primary 4 video games of a Stanley Cup Remaining in NHL historical past.
The OT sport winner Draisaitl scored in Recreation 4 was his fourth such aim this postseason, setting a single-year report. He now owns the report for a single common season (six, set in 2024-25) and a single postseason.
After coming in to exchange Stuart Skinner to start the second interval, Calvin Pickard ran his report this postseason to 7-0. He’s the primary goalie to win a sport in aid since Andrei Vasilevskiy picked up the W after changing Ben Bishop on 2015.
Draisaitl and McDavid make it 5 gamers in NHL historical past to attain 30 factors or extra in consecutive postseasons (2024 and 2025), becoming a member of Nikita Kucherov (2020 and 2021), Mario Lemieux (1991 and 1992) and Wayne Gretzky (1983 by means of 1985, plus 1987 and 1988).
Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk grew to become the ninth participant in Stanley Cup Remaining historical past to attain two power-play targets in a interval and the primary since Tampa Bay’s Brad Richards in Recreation 6 of the 2004 finals.
After three sturdy video games to start out the finals, Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky faltered a bit in Recreation 4; his .857 save share was his lowest since Recreation 2 of the second-round collection towards the Maple Leafs (.800).
Brad Marchand scored 4 targets by means of the primary three video games of the collection — together with the sport winner in double OT in Recreation 2 — however was held off of the scoresheet fully in Recreation 4. Will the change of venue again to Edmonton lead to his getting again on the board?
Scoring leaders
GP: 21 | G: 14 | A: 7
GP: 20 | G: 11 | A: 21