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Game 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final is underway, with the Oilers looking to double their advantage after beating the Panthers in overtime in the series opener.
Follow along as our reporters on the ground in Edmonton and team of NHL experts across the continent have you covered with the latest insight and analysis.
P2 5:11 – Panthers 4, Oilers 3
The Oilers are on their heels. Kasperi Kapanen just saved a goal that would've put Florida up two.
How did that puck not go in? Florida's forecheck is just suffocating right now.
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Brad Marchand gives Florida a 4-3 lead with a shorthanded breakaway. The Panthers were controlling the puck for almost the entire first minute of that Oilers power play, then Marchand beats Skinner five-hole.
That was Brad Marchand's ninth career goal in the Stanley Cup Final — most among all active players.
P2 7:51 – Panthers 4, Oilers 3
Brad Marchand with a breakaway shorthanded goal. Who else?
Another big Stanley Cup Final goal for the Panthers forward. Florida has the lead for the first time since early in the first period.
P2 8:54 – Panthers 3, Oilers 3
Niko Mikkola gets called for the hooking penalty against Connor McDavid. After 11 penalties in the first period, it takes more than halfway through the second period to get another one.
Massive Oilers power play upcoming.
P2 10:29 – Panthers 3, Oilers 3
The Oilers need to weather this Panthers onslaught. Florida loves scoring goals in the second period. They've piled up goals in succession during these playoffs in the second frame.
Can Edmonton withstand the Florida pressure unscathed?
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Former Oiler Dmitry Kulikov ties the game with a shot from the point. Matthew Tkachuk gets bumped into Stuart Skinner. The Oilers opt not to challenge. Tie game. It's 3-3.
P2 12:01 – Oilers 3, Panthers 3
Dmitry Kulikov silences the crowd. He fires a shot through traffic, which Stuart Skinner couldn't see. The Oilers get burned for an extended shift from Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm.
The Florida Panthers tie the game again.
That save by Bobrovsky on Evan Bouchard was sensational to keep the Panthers deficit at only one. It was yet another great play by Connor McDavid to set that chance up, but Bobrovsky's lateral movement is second to none.
I'm shocked at how easily the Oilers have generated rush offense over the first half of this game. The Panthers' gaps in the neutral zone haven't been good, and the result is tons of open ice for Edmonton's skilled skaters to utilize. This game could be out of hand already if not for Bobrovsky.
P2 14:28 – Oilers 3, Panthers 2
It looks like the referees are letting the players play in this period. Sam Bennett gets cross-checked but the referee doesn't call a penalty on Edmonton.
Dmitry Kulikov fires a snap shot from the point which Stuart Skinner gobbles up. Edmonton still leads by one.
P2 15:37 – Oilers 3, Panthers 2
It's an onslaught of Panthers pressure in the offensive zone. They've been in the attacking zone for over a minute and Stuart Skinner makes two critical saves on Sam Reinhart and Aleksander Barkov.
Massive for Edmonton to escape that without giving up a goal.
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P2 18:04 – Oilers 3, Panthers
Oh my Sergei Bobrovsky! Connor McDavid finds Evan Bouchard, who delivers a blast that the Panthers goalie needs to dive across the crease to save.
Bouchard has three shots on six attempts tonight, including a goal. What a scoring chance.
P2 19:10 – Oilers 3, Panthers 2
The Oilers are able to kill the Florida power play to start the period. As Evan Bouchard comes out of the box, he gets the puck for an odd-man rush.
The Edmonton defenseman fires a shot on target but Sergei Bobrovsky makes the save before a scrum ensues following the whistle. The intensity continues in this second period.
P2 20:00 – Oilers 3, Panthers 2
The second period is underway from Edmonton. Florida starts on the power play for 41 seconds.
Evan Bouchard added another secondary helper on the McDavid-to-Draisaitl jaw-dropping tally, his third point of the game. He’s now up to 79 points in his playoff career, tying him with teammate Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for ninth on the franchise’s all-time list.
With that first-period goal in his 71st playoff game, Evan Bouchard has matched Colorado Avalanche star Cale Makar as the fastest active defenseman to 20 career playoff goals.
Only six other defensemen have reached 20 goals that quickly in NHL history:
Reinhart, of course, is the father of Panthers forward Sam Reinhart.
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Evan Bouchard got another playoff goal in the first period tonight. Per Sportsnet stats, Bouchard is the class of the NHL for playoff goals by a defenseman since 2022.
Below are his playoff goals by type and where that ranks among the league (you'll notice a pattern).
With his 10th goal in the 2025 NHL playoffs (and third in this Stanley Cup Final already), Leon Draisaitl has become the third player in NHL history to score 10-plus goals in three consecutive postseasons.
He joins Mike Bossy (in four straight playoffs from 1980-1983) and fellow Oiler Wayne Gretzky (three straight from 1983-1985).
