The Stanley Cup final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers hardly needs any more fuel added to the rivalry between the two teams, but the wife of the biggest star in the series certainly supplied some on Monday night.

Lauren Kyle McDavid, the wife of Oilers superstar Connor McDavid, took a thinly veiled shot at her husband’s Cup opponents in a post to her Instagram stories.

The post, which went online while Game 3 was still going on, featured a screenshot of an Internet search result for the Alberta Rat Control Program — an obvious reference to the tradition of Panthers fans throwing plastic versions of the pest onto the ice after home playoff wins.

The screenshot reads the “Alberta Rat Control Program, established in 1950, has been instrumental in keeping the province ess

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