C onnor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers look to take a commanding series lead when they host Sergei Bobrovsky and the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final on F

Edmonton's success in the playoffs is largely due to defending at the most critical times and locking down opponents late in games.

To win at this time of the year players put their bodies through so much. In this series, with the history of the two teams, having met in the Stanley Cup Final last year, the Panthers edging the Oilers in seven games, there was a feeling going in that it was essentially a rivalry continued as opposed to renewed.