Brad Marchand scored his eighth career goal in the Stanley Cup Final, of which he is in his third, tied for the most among active players. Corey Perry, who has played 232 playoff games, Evgeni Malkin and Ondrej Palat each have eight.

The Panthers are heading to the Stanley Cup Final for the third year in a row, a feat that was recently accomplished by their Sunshine State rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning. Florida is looking to become just the third team in the salary cap era to win back-to-back Cups, hoping to join the Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins in that select class.

Sam Bennett scored twice and Brad Marchand had a power-play goal to put the Florida Panthers ahead of the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 through two period of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.