{"id":9916,"date":"2025-06-05T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9916"},"modified":"2025-06-05T06:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:07:04","slug":"leon-draisaitl-lifts-edmonton-oilers-over-the-florida-panthers-in-game-1-of-2025-stanley-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/leon-draisaitl-lifts-edmonton-oilers-over-the-florida-panthers-in-game-1-of-2025-stanley-cup-final","title":{"rendered":"Draisaitl Lifts Oilers Over Panthers in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/leon-draisaitl-celebrates-his-overtime-goal-against-the-florida-panthers-in-game-1-of-2025-stanley-cup-final.jpg\" alt=\"Leon Draisaitl celebrates his overtime goal against the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of 2025 Stanley Cup Final\" class=\"wp-image-9917\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Leon Draisaitl Lifts Edmonton Oilers Over The Florida Panthers in Game 1 of 2025 Stanley Cup Final\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leon Draisaitl scored the overtime winner on Wednesday in the Edmonton Oilers\u2019 4-3 victory against the Florida Panthers.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The win also brought the Oilers the 1-0 series lead over Florida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Game 2 is scheduled on Friday at Rogers Place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leon Draisaitl<\/strong> left everything on the ice in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/edmonton-oilers-fall-short-in-game-7-as-the-florida-panthers-take-their-first-stanley-cup-title\">last year\u2019s Stanley Cup Final<\/a>, battling through painful hand and rib injuries as the Edmonton Oilers came close to lifting the Cup high above their heads.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the physical toll, the 29-year-old German born in K\u00f6ln managed to <strong>push through to end the playoffs with no less than 10 goals and 11 assists<\/strong>, once again proving his grit and determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward nearly a year, and the centre is back to full health. In Game 1 of the highly anticipated rematch against the defending champion Florida Panthers, the player knew just how to make his presence felt on the ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday night, as the score was tied in overtime, <strong>Draisaitl gave his best and buried a power-play goal at 19:29<\/strong>, giving Edmonton a thrilling 4-3 victory along with an early 1-0 series lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"draisaitl-its-a-special-feeling\">Draisaitl: \u201cIt&#8217;s a Special Feeling.&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the game-winner, which was <strong>set up by Connor McDavid\u2019s and Corey Perry\u2019s slick passing<\/strong> play, Draisaitl said it was &#8220;<em>tough to describe<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Some incredible plays that made it pretty &#8216;easy&#8217; for me to put that home. It&#8217;s a special feeling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">McDrai = inevitable \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetsGoOilers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ab8zxK3bly\">pic.twitter.com\/ab8zxK3bly<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdmontonOilers\/status\/1930505030551175369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drat_29\/\">Leon Draisaitl<\/a>\u2019s second of the night as well as his third overtime winner this postseason, tying a league record.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd at Rogers Place erupted as he ended a tense comeback effort that saw the Oilers claw back from a 3-1 deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McDavid, as always, was in the middle of it all. &#8220;<em>You can&#8217;t put a number on it<\/em>,&#8221; the 28-year-old Richmond Hill native said when asked about Draisaitl&#8217;s impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>He&#8217;s invaluable. 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There&#8217;s maybe nobody better.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike last season, when the Oilers were riddled with injuries by the final, <strong>this year&#8217;s squad is in much better shape<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>Some of our guys got pretty banged up early last year<\/em>,&#8221; Draisaitl said, explaining the \u201c<em>fatigue just seems to set in a little bit quicker<\/em>\u201d at times and adding, \u201c<em>It&#8217;s nice to feel good and healthy.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"coach-knoblauch-were-pretty-fortunate-right-now\">Coach Knoblauch: \u201cWe&#8217;re Pretty Fortunate Right Now.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach <strong>Kris Knoblauch<\/strong> credits their improved health to shorter series and longer recovery time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knoblauch, who was named the 18th head coach in the team\u2019s history at the end of 2023, spoke about the \u201c<em>two long breaks after series<\/em>\u201d that gave them plenty of recovery time, helping everybody, including injured players.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>We&#8217;re pretty fortunate right now<\/em>&#8220;, the 46-year-old added.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s win also <strong>broke Florida\u2019s unbeaten playoff streak when leading after the first or second period <\/strong>\u2014 they were previously 31-0 since 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>It\u2019s great for right now<\/em>\u201d, Draisaitl said. \u201c<em>But we\u2019ve got to look ahead and get ready for Game 2<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That next battle comes Friday night, back on home ice, followed by a shift to Sunrise, Florida, for Game 3 on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can the Oilers pick up their 6th Stanley Cup &#8211; their first since 1990? 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