Opening Odds For Panthers Vs. Oilers 2025 Stanley Cup Finals

Written By:

Sam Profeta

Published On:

June 2, 2025 10:27 AM

Opening Odds For Panthers Vs. Oilers 2025 Stanley Cup Finals - Connor McDavid, Matthew Tkachuk
  • The Edmonton Oilers are favored to win the Stanley Cup Finals with -128 odds.
  • There are -135 odds for the Oilers to win Game 1.
  • Connor McDavid is favored to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

EDMONTON, Alberta – The stage is set and the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are set to run it back in the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals after the two met last year in which the Panthers came out on top.

Ahead of the series,legal sports betting sites are slightly leaning on the Oilers to capture their sixth Stanley Cup championship. They are favored to win the series, Game 1, and Connor McDavid is the favorite to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Edmonton Oilers Vs. Florida Panthers Series Price

  • Edmonton Oilers: -128
  • Florida Panthers: +107

Florida Panthers Vs. Edmonton Oilers – Game 1 Odds

  • Moneyline: Panthers (+115) vs. Oilers (-135)
  • Spread: Oilers -1.5 (+180)
  • Total: 6

2025 Conn Smythe Trophy Odds

  • Connor McDavid: +100
  • Sergei Bobrovsky: +260
  • Aleksander Barkov: +550
  • Leon Draisaitl: +800
  • Matthew Tkachuk: +1600

Odds Journey To This Point

Both the Oilers and Panthers have followed similar paths on NHL betting sites to this point. Following the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, they both opened at the top of the odds board with the Panthers at +630 odds and Edmonton at +640.

Fast track to early October for the start of the regular season, it was Edmonton who was favored outright with +871 odds while Florida followed at +943. Edmonton remained favored over Florida up until early March when the Panthers took over as favorites with +557 odds leaving Edmonton back at +714.

Ahead of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Panthers went in with +675 odds to Edmonton’s +950 odds. Edmonton then took over as the outright favorite to win on May 12th in the second round and has sat there since.

Regular Season Head To Head

Despite going into the Stanley Cup Finals as an underdog, the Panthers have handled Edmonton in both regular season meetings. In their first meeting of the season, Florida won 6-5, and their second meeting finished with a 4-3 score.

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Sam Profeta

Samuel has been writing professionally for 4 years. He comes from a sports writing background where he enjoys writing mostly about basketball and football both professional and collegiate. He is a recent graduate of Florida State University where he majored in Editing, Writing and Media with a minor in Communications. During his free time, you can find him watching or playing sports as well as playing videogames and listening to music.