The Stanley Cup finals start Wednesday evening, pitting two billion-dollar teams – the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers – against each other in a best-of-seven series in a rematch of last year's finals, which the Panthers won in seven games.

The Oilers and the Panthers are valued in the billions, with Forbes finding them to be the sixth and 24th most-valuable NHL teams , respectively.

Edmonton heads into the Stanley Cup Final with an estimated value of $2.65 billion, according to the outlet’s yearly ranking of NHL teams released in December.

The Oilers saw a 43% jump in their value between 2023 and 2024, Forbes reported.

Meanwhile, the value of the Panthers , the reigning Stanley Cup champions, experienced an 81% increase in value, hitting $1.4 billion, per the outlet.

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