After losing Game 1 in overtime after a puck over the glass penalty put Edmonton on the power play, the Panthers have not lost any of the belief they carried into the series.

Elliotte Friedman Names X-Factor in Oilers-Panthers Stanley Cup Final originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Edmonton Oilers opened the 2025 Stanley Cup Final with a comeback win over the Florida Panthers, erasing a two-goal deficit to earn a 4–3 overtime victory.

Draisaitl -- who didn't score at all in the 2024 Cup Final -- scored his third overtime goal this postseason, tying the single postseason record held by Mel Hill in 1939, Maurice Richard in 1951, Corey Perry in 2017 and Matthew Tkachuk in 2023.