Game One Open Thread: Edmonton Oilers vs. Florida Panthers (6:00 p.m.)
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Hockey’s greatest prize and the journey towards it starts tonight.
The Stanley Cup Final gets started after nearly a week off without hockey. The Edmonton Oilers are the first Canadian team since 2021 to make it to the final since the Montreal Canadiens, and they are looking to be the first team to win it all since 1993.
Meanwhile, the Florida Panthers are in their second straight Stanley Cup Final. They continue the streak of the state of Florida winning the Eastern Conference, now going on for five straight seasons. But can they finally get over the hump?
Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) - Connor McDavid (97) - Zach Hyman (18)Dylan Holloway (55) - Leon Draisaitl (29) - Evander Kane (91)Warren Foegele (37) - Ryan McLeod (71) - Corey Perry (90)Mattias Janmark (13) - Adam Henrique (19) - Connor Brown (28)
Mattias Ekholm (14) - Evan Bouchard (2)Darnell Nurse (25) - Cody Ceci (5)Philip Broberg (86) - Brett Kulak (27)
Stuart Skinner (74)
Florida Panthers Projected Lines
Carter Verhaege (23) - Aleksander Barkov (16) - Sam Reinhart (13)Matthew Tkachuk (19) - Sam Bennett (9) - Evan Rodrigues (17)Eetu Luostarinen (27) - Anton Lundell (15) - Vladimir Tarasenko (10)Steven Lorentz (18) - Kevin Stenlund (82) - Kyle Okposo (8)
Gustav Forsling (42) - Aaron Ekblad (5)Niko Mikkola (77) - Brandon Montour (62)Oliver Ekman-Larsson (91) - Dmitry Kulikov (7)
Sergei Bobrovsky (72)
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