The Stanley 2025 Cup final begins on Wednesday evening in Edmonton on Wednesday evening, the oilers trying to atone for the defeat of the last year seven games in the hands of the Florida panthers.
While the Panthers are looking to repeat themselves, the oilers have opened as a favorite of the series in many sports books. But winning the game 1 at home will be critical in the quest for Edmonton to win the first Stanley Cup of the franchise since 1990.
Ribs and trends
Oilers are consensus favorites of 1.0 loot before match 1, although many sports books had the line seated at 1.5 noon on Wednesday. This included tractors, where the panthers were supported by 65% of propagation bets and 60% of money.
However, Edmonton was the choice of the most popular silver line at -132, drawing 61 and 70% of the action, respectively. This includes a bet of $ 4,000 on the silver line of the Oilers when it was seated at +123.
The total of the goals scored 6.0 experienced the overwhelmed of 82% of betting and 90% of money. Although it is a total of high goals, seven of the last eight games on the Florida road struck the end.
It is also important to note that the panthers have a sequence of five victories on the road and have covered the washer line in five of their last six games.
Choice of accessories
– Carter Verhaeghe to score (+255 at Draftkings): Verhaeghe only found the net twice in his last eight games, but the Florida Center scored in each of the last three meetings of these teams.
-CONNOR MCDAVID to mark (+155 at Betrivers): it is the most bettrail of the book for match 1 in total bets (3.1%) and money (1.9%). He collected nine of his 26 points in the playoffs (six goals, 20 assists) during the victory of five Edmonton games against the stars of Dallas in the Western Conference final, and the triple recipient of the Hart trophy totaled four assists in two meetings against the Panthers this season.
The news
This marked the first revenge match of the Stanley Cup since the Penguins of Pittsburgh responded to a defeat of six games against Detroit in 2008 with a victory for seven games on the Red Wings in 2009.
While all eyes will be on McDavid and his other former recipient of the Hart Leon Draisaitl trophy, the oilers will need solid performance at the other end of the ice if they want to reverse the fortune of last year.
Edmonton Skinner’s goalkeeper’s goalkeeper has a great task in front of him while he clashed against the double recipient of the Vezina trophy, Sergei Bobrovsky, for the second consecutive final.
“He is one of the best goalkeepers in the world,” said Skinner about Bobrovsky, who marked a laundering every turn this spring. “He is impressive. He skates well. Technically, I don’t think there is a lot of trouble with him in my point of view. He is exceptional.”
Florida coach Paul Maurice praised the two clubs for what they did to respond to the perceived weaknesses.
“Each of us entering last year had a definable force. It is a very good offensive team and we were about to be the best defensive team,” said Maurice. “I don’t think that has changed for one or the other team. What the two teams have done is added to the other games. … We both improved part of our game which was not part of our strengths, and our strengths are always as good as they have never been.”
Panthers make their third consecutive appearance in Stanley Cup on a strong game on the road. They are 8-2 from their homes in the playoffs.
Florida captain Aleksander Barkov totaled 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) in 17 playoff games, including seven (three goals, four assists) in the victory of the five -game series of his team against the Hurricanes of Carolina in the Eastern Conference final.
Barkov was appointed winner of the Selke Trophy as the best defensive striker in the League for the third time in his career on Monday. He also won the King Clancy Trophy for remarkable humanitarian contributions.
They said it
“It can be exhausting in front of emotion. You feel closer, then there is a big circus. It may seem bigger than it is. At the end of the day, it’s another series, and we play another big team. And we will have to beat them before anything else happens. – McDavid, on what is waiting for us for his team.
– field level media
