EDMONTON – The day has arrived.

After a week of building up anticipation, the Florida Panthers will drop the puck against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place on Wednesday.

“Finally,” captain Aleksander Barkov said.

Just the second rematch in the Stanley Cup Final in the past 40 years and 11th overall in NHL history, the Panthers beat the Oilers in seven games to capture their first Cup in 2024.

The Panthers have 14 players on their current roster from last year’s championship squad trying to repeat, while the Oilers have 16 players from their roster looking for some revenge.

“You get flashbacks from last year, for sure,” forward Anton Lundell said. “Same situation, same teams in the Final. A lot of the same guys. It’s going to be a good battle again

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