2025 NHL Stanley Cup odds: Oilers favored over Panthers

The NHL playoffs have officially reached the Stanley Cup Final.

This series might look familiar, as the Florida Panthers look to defend their title by defeating the Edmonton Oilers for a second straight year.

Can Connor McDavid and the Oilers overcome Florida this season?

Will we have a new champion for the fifth time in five years?

Let’s check out the Stanley Cup champion odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of June 5.

Panthers (3) vs. Oilers (3)
Playoff series: EDM leads 1-0

Oilers: -210 (bet $10 to win $14.76 total)
Panthers: +180 (bet $10 to win $28 total)

Game 2 odds

Oilers: -130 (bet $10 to win $17.69 total)
Panthers: +110 (bet $10 to win $21 total)

Edmonton won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup series after Leon Draisaitl scored a power-play goal with 31 seconds left in overtime. Draisaitl and the Oilers found the back of the net first at 1:06 into the first period, and then came back from 3-1 down to force OT.

Sitting at -210, Edmonton’s odds got a bit shorter, as it remains favored over Florida to win the series.

The series stays in Edmonton for Game 2 on Friday night before heading to Florida for Games 3 and 4.

Both Edmonton and Florida secured their respective conference finals with 4-1 series victories over Dallas and Carolina, respectively.

In last year’s Stanley Cup Final, the Panthers won the first three games before the Oilers won the next three games, forcing a Game 7.

Florida prevailed, securing a 2-1 win in the series clincher.

The last time the Oilers took home the trophy was in 1990, and it has been over 30 years since a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.

A different franchise has won the Stanley Cup in each of the past four years. The Lightning were the last team to repeat, winning it in 2020 and 2021.

Prior to that, the Penguins won it back to back in 2016 and 2017, and before that, the last team to win consecutive titles was the Red Wings in 1997 and 1998.

Of the last 10 NHL champions, six have been from the Eastern Conference and four have been from the West.

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