Oilers vs. Panthers Game 2 – Pregame Stats, Facts & Notes – Hockey Writers – NHL News

The Florida Panthers won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in their history, winning 3-0 against the Edmonton Oilers. Before the Panthers try to take a 2-0 series lead and the Oilers even try to score, let’s take a look at the stats, facts, and notes of this contest.

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Connor McDavid hasn’t been held without a point in back-to-back games this season. In the next four contests where he didn’t record a point, he has two goals and six assists for eight points—he’ll get a chance to add to that tonight.

After losing in the postseason, the Oilers tied for the most wins with a 5-1 record in the next outing. In those games, they outscored their opponents 26-14.

In the Panthers’ last Stanley Cup Final victory in their history, Carter Verhaeghe hit the game-winning tally. He would become just the fourth player in NHL history to do so and lead a team to three consecutive Stanley Cup Finals wins.

Following a loss in the postseason, Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner has a .895 save percentage (SV%), a 2.18 goal-against average (GAA), and a 4-1 record.

Since the Stanley Cup Final was a seven-game series, teams that won Game 1 went on to win the Stanley Cup in 64 of 84 attempts overall (76.2 percent). If the home team has won Game 1 like the Panthers did, they have won the series 51 of 61 (83.6%).

In the last Stanley Cup Final series, three of them (50 percent) got the loser of Game 1 and ended up winning the Stanley Cup. Those teams are the 2018 Washington Capitals, the 2019 St. Louis Blues, and the 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Of the seven-game Stanley Cup Final series in history, 54 of them have involved one team leading 2-0 (64.3 percent). Of those 54 teams to lead the series 2-0, 39 of them had home field advantage (72.2 percent).

The last series of the Stanley Cup Final had the home team looking to take a 2-0 lead in the series and end up winning the Stanley Cup. The last road team to win Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final was the Blues in 2019.

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