Do Panthers really have an advantage in 2025 the final goalkeeper match of the Stanley Cup?

The Stanley Cup final is fixed while the Edmonton Oilers will face the Florida Panthers during a revenge of the final of last year’s cup.

The Cup final – which begins on June 4 – is the battle of goalkeepers while Stuart Skinner will start for Edmonton while Sergei Bobrovsky will start for the Florida panthers.

Before the Cup final, what team has the advantage in goalkeepers?

Stuart Skinner vs Sergei Bobrovsky

Stuart Skinner is back as a goalkeeper starting from the Oilers, because he was drawn during the first round of the playoffs in favor of Calvin Pickard because of his difficulties.

However, after an injury to Pickard, Skinner has resumed the net again and has been dominant since. After dropping 2-0 in their first round series, the Oilers have passed since 12-2 to qualify for the final of the Cup and Skinner is a great reason.

Skinner has a 6-4 file with a 2.53 GAA and an SV% .904 with three yarning in playoffs. In his career against the panthers, he is 2-2 with a GAA of 3.91 and a .888 SV%.

Skinner says he enters the Cup final with a lot of confidence in his game.

“I felt confident before,” said Skinner, via Tampabay.com. “It’s the life of being a goalkeeper … it’s flows and flows. You can feel it right away. Sometimes you don’t feel it right away. I mean, I would like to feel it all the time.”

Skinner went 3-4 with a GAA of 2.33 and an SV% .909 in the final of the Cup last season.

Sergei Bobrovsky

Sergei Bobrovsky is one of the best NHL guards and was a key reason for the success of the panthers.

Bobrovsky has a 12-5 file with a 2.11 GAA and a .912 SV% in the playoffs. In the Stanley Cup final in his career, Bobrovsky has a 5-7 sheet with a 3.51 GAA and an SV% .875, but helped the Panthers to beat Edmonton last season.

What team has the advantage of goalkeeper in the Stanley Cup final?

In the end, Florida and Edmonton trust their goalkeeper before the Stanley Cup final.

The two guards have been stellar lately, but Bobrovsky is the most coherent goalkeeper.

Skinner can be dominant and not allow any objective, or it can authorize a lot of objectives and be drawn, as we have seen in turn. But, if the two guards continue to play as they did, it is very uniform, so it will come back if Skinner can or not be dominant as it did, but otherwise, Florida will have a major advantage in the net.