FLA Panthers vs EDM Oilers Prediction: The Panthers will open the scoring in the final series

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on June 9. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Florida, for the second year in a row, reached the Stanley Cup Final, something that has never happened to the Panthers before. If last season their participation in the decisive series of the playoffs could be considered a huge sensation, as they only at the end of the regular season climbed into the Cup Eight, now they began to play at a high level from the beginning of the championship. In the playoffs, they handled Tampa Bay and Boston without much trouble - 4:1 and 4:2, respectively. In the Eastern Conference Finals, they had a little more trouble. After three games, they lost to the Rangers in the series - 1:2, but then turned the tide by winning three straight - 3:2, 3:2 and 2:1, making it to the Stanley Cup Final.

Edmonton has not played in the Stanley Cup Final since the 2005/06 season, when the Oilers lost to Carolina in a hard-fought match - 3:4. Of course, none of those finalists are in the current Canadian squad, and the core of the current team has suffered years of failure on the way to the main playoff series. In the current championship season, the Blue and Orange were doing poorly, and even had to fire Jay Woodcroft, but Chris Nobloch, who replaced him, has brought the players to a new level. They've improved in discipline and defensive reliability, which is especially important in the playoffs. This allowed them to get past Los Angeles 4:1, Vancouver 4:3, and in the Western Conference Finals they beat Dallas 4:2.

Florida and Edmonton approached their head-to-head matchup in the Stanley Cup Final in roughly equal condition. Both teams used the same scenario in the last stage of the playoffs: they synchronously won the first game, then lost twice in a row, and then won three times in a row. At the same time, the Panthers can still be considered the favourites in the upcoming battle. In the last regular season they won both head-to-head meetings - 5:3 and 5:1. They will open the series at home, where they won 11 of the last 14 games. At the same time, the accumulated experience speaks for the southerners, as a year earlier they also played in the final. As a result, we can bet on the victory of Florida.