Live Blog: Stanley Cup Final, Game 1
Created: Jun 04, 2025 08:00 PM
Florida Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final last year. The same two teams do battle again, starting tonight (File photograph by Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press/AP)
Welcome to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, featuring the Edmonton Oilers against defending champions Florida Panthers in a repeat of last year.
Back then, the Panthers prevailed in seven games.
Have Connor McDavid and Co learnt enough from then to bring Edmonton their first Cup success since 1990 when the “Great One”, Wayne Gretzky, dominated hockey?
The puck drops at 9pm Bermuda time.
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Published June 04, 2025 at 8:00 pm (Updated June 04, 2025 at 3:39 pm)
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