Stanley Cup Game 1 Preview: Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 6/4/2025

Stanley Cup Game 1 Preview: Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 6/4/2025

Florida Panthers (12-5-0) at Edmonton Oilers (12-4-0)

Venue: Rogers Place 
Date: Wednesday, June 4
Time: 8:00 PM EST
TV: TNT/truTV/MAX/SN/CBC/TVAS
Radio:
Florida – 560 AM WQAM
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHE

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines

Florida-1.5 ML -115
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -166
O/U 6.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers handled the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round in five games, then the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games before beating the Carolina Hurricanes in five games in the Eastern Conference Finals. This is their third straight Stanley Cup Finals appearances. In this playoffs they are averaging 3.9 goals per game while allowing 40 2.3 goals per game. Sergei Bobrovsky is posting a 2.11 goals-against average, a .912 save percentage, and three shutouts.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings in six games before beating the Vegas Golden Knights in five games, then they took care of the Dallas Stars in five games to reach their second straight Stanley Cup Finals. They are averaging 4.1 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game in the playoffs. Stuart Skinner is posting a 2.47 goals-against average, a .910 save percentage, and three shutouts. Calvin Pickard has seen time for Edmonton in the playoffs, posting a 2.84 goals-against average and an .888 save percentage.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Rodrigues-Barkov-Reinhart J.Boqvist
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Lundell-Marchand
Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich

Forsling-Ekblad
Kulikov-Jones
Schmidt-Kulikov

Bobrovsky
Vanecek

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Nugent-Hopkins-McDavid-Perry
Kane-Draisaitl-Kapanen
Podkolzin-Janmark-Arvidsson Brown
Skinner-Henrique-Frederic

Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Kulak
Walman-Klingberg

Skinner
Pickard

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Aleksander Barkov this season had 71 points on 20 goals and 51 assists. In the playoffs he has 17 points on six goals and 11 assists. In the one games against Edmonton in the regular season he was held pointless.

Edmonton Oilers

Connor McDavid this season had 100 points on 26 goals and 74 assists. He has 26 points in the playoffs on six goals and 20 assists.  In two games against Florida in the regular season, he had four assists.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

F Eetu Luostarinen – DTD

Edmonton Oilers

D Alec Regula – IR
F Zach Hyman – Out
F Connor Brown – DTD

Next Game:

Game 2: Friday, June 6 at Rogers Place

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