Edmonton Oilers forward Connor Brown will be keeping his own blog throughout the 2025 Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. He will check in regularly with behind-the-scenes access.

In his first entry after a 4-3 overtime win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, Brown talks about the excitement of seeing Leon Draisaitl score the game-winning goal with 31 seconds remaining in overtime, the role the crowd at Rogers Place played in the game and what’s next for the Oilers as they prepare for Game 2 of this best-of-7 series on Friday.

Listen man, we came out of the gate, and we were the better team off the jump. The goal by Leon Draisaitl was huge at the start of the game. It gave us jump and got us into it in the best way possible.

From our perspective, I think Florida got away

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