Series Coverage

Jonah Gadjovich, who is getting his chance to play in the Stanley Cup Final with the Florida Panthers after he was a healthy scratch last season, joined the "NHL @TheRink" podcast presented by SKIP this week to talk about his experience through the first two games against the Edmonton Oilers.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Jonah Gadjovich is having a much different experience in the Stanley Cup Final than he did a year ago. Last year, the Florida Panthers forward was a healthy scratch for the entirety of his team’s run to the Stanley Cup championship. Earlier this postseason, Gadjovich found

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Jake Walman is enjoying the ride through the Stanley Cup Playoffs with the Edmonton Oilers, although it has been painful at times. The Edmonton defenseman has blocked 49 shots, the most of any player in the postseason, and had a couple leave a mark in the first

SUNRISE, Fla. -- The visitor’s dressing room at Amerant Bank Arena is relatively nondescript. Unless you are a member of the Edmonton Oilers. Back on June 24, 2024, it was, at its core, a house of horrors for many of these same Oilers, who were overcome with the rawest of

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Nate Schmidt is up the ice, the puck on his stick, initiating, creating and generating offense. He's smiling, laughing, chirping and cracking jokes. In general, he's just bringing a lot of energy and making a lot of noise in the Stanley Cup Final. The Florida Panthers

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Darnell Nurse shrugged off the changes the Edmonton Oilers made to their defense pairs at practice on Sunday. “It depends sometimes on what day of the week it is, we could be playing with someone new,” the defenseman said at Amerant Bank Arena. That may be true,

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Jeff Jackson has watched Connor McDavid make spectacular plays for years. He used to be his agent. Now he is the president of the Edmonton Oilers. Still, he was amazed by one of McDavid’s three assists in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. “I jumped up

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- It’s not that the plan is for the Florida Panthers to take until Game 7 in every series. They would have gladly taken a shorter run in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, given that they went up 3-0 against the Edmonton Oilers, for instance. It’s that

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will be a game-time decision for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC). The forward did not practice Sunday because of an

SUNRISE, Fla. -- The photo circulated on social media again last week and soon after became part of the Florida Panthers players’ group text chat. It was of Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart, Leon Draisaitl and Sam Bennett together at the top of the stone steps, made famous in the film

The Coaches Room is a regular feature throughout the 2024-25 season by former NHL coaches and assistants who turn their critical gaze to the game and explain it through the lens of a teacher. In this edition, Paul MacLean, former coach of the Ottawa Senators and assistant with the Mighty

Nothing wrong with a blizzard in June. After Brad Marchand scored the double-overtime winner in Game 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final, teammate Sam Bennett told his supposed secret, responding to how players fueled up for the extra periods. "I think Marchy grabbed a Blizzard," Bennett quipped in a

EDMONTON -- In the aftermath of the Florida Panthers’ wild 5-4 double-overtime win against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday, most of the talk was about the great offensive plays and players. For Florida, Brad Marchand scored twice on breakaways, including at 8:05

EDMONTON -- Evan Bouchard doesn't recall when his slap shot started to get attention, when it started to really become a big part of who he is as a player. "I don't know, I started working on it when I was young, since I would say it was above average,"

Florida Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues will be keeping his own blog throughout the 2025 Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers. He will check in regularly with behind-the-scenes access. In his third entry, Rodrigues talks about the Panthers pulling even in the series with their 5-4 double-overtime win in Game

Edmonton Oilers forward Connor Brown will be keeping his own blog throughout the 2025 Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. He will check in regularly with behind-the-scenes access. In his second entry after a 5-4 double-overtime loss in Game 2 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Brown talks about how

EDMONTON -- Matthew Tkachuk had just arrived in South Florida. He was staying at a hotel and picking up dinner after the Calgary Flames traded him to the Florida Panthers on July 22, 2022, when someone asked him what he did for work. “Well, I play hockey,” he said. “Hockey?

EDMONTON -- Nate Schmidt saw how some NHL defensemen were finding their game again with the Florida Panthers and coach Paul Maurice. Since signing a one-year contract with them on July 3, the 33-year-old defenseman has experienced that firsthand. “The best way I can describe it is he frees you

EDMONTON -- At some point Saturday, the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers filed onto their respective planes for a cross-continent flight to Florida to continue the Stanley Cup Final. Even with favorable tailwinds, it required more than five hours in the air. With customs and transit to and from the

EDMONTON -- Rats! What else could Edmonton Oilers fans say after that? Some came to Rogers Place on Friday with pictures of Brad Marchand’s face, making him look like a rat with big ears and big teeth. Others came dressed as rat exterminators. One held up a picture of Oilers

EDMONTON -- Nate Schmidt has a simple approach when he’s on the ice with Sam Bennett in the offensive zone. “Just find him,” the Florida Panthers defenseman said. “I just look for him. He just finds a way, right?” Bennett keeps finding a way to score goals for the Panthers

EDMONTON -- The Florida Panthers should have been gutted. They were just 18 seconds away from a 4-3 victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, just 18 precious seconds from tying the best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final 1-1 heading back home to Sunrise, Florida for Game 3 at Amerant Bank Arena

EDMONTON -- The long line change in the second period presented problems for the Edmonton Oilers against the Florida Panthers in the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final. It’s a situation Edmonton will look to remedy after losing 5-4 in overtime to Florida in Game 2 at Rogers

EDMONTON -- Soon after pedaling on the exercise bike to keep loose between overtimes, Brad Marchand found himself wrapped in the middle of a giant celebratory group hug on the ice, the hero of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final being mobbed by his teammates.

EDMONTON -- You can’t win them all. But when you’re 40 years old and playing in your 21st NHL season, you’re certainly going to have your fair share of big moments. And for Edmonton Oilers forward Corey Perry, they just keep coming. He added another one to his ever-growing resume