The first game of the Stanley Cup last rematch belongs to Edmonton Oilers as Leon Draisaitl’s second goal of the game was the overtime winner against Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.

The 4-3 win was a Come-From-Bag victory for Edmonton as they were down 3-1 at one point in this game, but scored three missed goals for a declaration victory at their home ice cream.

After tying the game during the third period of three pieces, there was a need for an overtime period to determine the winner of Game 1, and it almost looked like another was needed as both teams’ chances could not be seen in the net.

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However, a costly mistake from Panthers Frem Tomas Nosek saw him turn the puck over the glass in his own defensive zone, which is an immediate delay in the game penalty.

Now, with a man’s advantage, capitalized Oilers, and it had to be Connor McDavid who got the smart plate for his faithful teammate Draisaitl, who came flying in front of the net to hammer Puck past Panthers Netminder Sergei Bobrovsky.

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The goal, which came with 31 seconds left to play in the period, was also helped by Corey Perry.

Draisaitl started the scoring, just as he finished it in play 1, he found the back of the net with just over a minute into the first period. He was in the right place at the right time when a shot from Kasperi Kapan deflected Bobrovsky and landed right on the Draisaitl’s stick, slamming it into the net to take advantage of one-goal.

But later in the first period, a controversial goal from Florida’s Sam Bennett played on one piece.

Bennett was present in front of the net with two Oilers defenders around him when Carter Verhaeghe took a shot that hit Bennett and came past goalkeeper Stuart Skinner. However, Panthers believes that Bennett had goalkeeper interference.

After further review, it seems that Bennett was triggered by Brett Kulak when the puck was shot, which led to him falling into rails. The goal stood and the game was tied.

Just minutes later, Brad Marchand, the Boston Bruins legend, which Panthers traded at the time of the deadline, took a cross-part under a power play and made the perfect shot past rails to take a 2-1 lead.

Florida Panthers Center Sam Bennett (9) responds after scoring a goal against Edmonton Oiler’s goalkeeper Stuart Skinner (74) in the first period in the game one of the 2025 Stanley Cup final at Rogers Place. (Walter Tychnowicz-Preferred Pictures)

Panthers had speed into the second period, and once again it was Bennett who got a former rails to take a solid 3-1 lead. Bennett skated in the transition when Nate Schmidt placed a perfect passport on his stick and he did the rest for his second goal in the game.

As we learned from last year’s finale, Oilers won’t go down easily and it seems to be the same theme they came back with their own timely goals.

Viktor Arvidsson took a clap when Oilers entered the offensive zone, and Bobrovsky was too late to respond as it rushed past its left side and remained true into the net.

Edmonton Oilers Center Leon Draisaitl (29) responds after scoring a goal against Florida Panthers in the first period in the game one of the 2025 Stanley Cup final at Rogers Place. (Walter Tychnowicz-Preferred Pictures)

With a 3-2 deficit that went into the third period, Edmonton knew they first had to get on the board to put pressure on Florida. That’s exactly what happened when Mattias Ekholm scored his first Stanley Cup final game goal after Connor McDavid exhausted a backhand pass to the front of the zone and found his stick. Bobrovsky was completely out of position with bodies in front of him when Ekholm shot the puck into the net.

Throughout two periods it was the Panthers’ dominant game on the ice, but Oilers turned up a notch in the third period and never looked back. They surpassed Panthers 46-32 at night, while rails also made 29 savings in the victory.