While matches are a regularity in the NHL, there is a low percentage of what is happening in the Stanley Cup Playoff Games.

Game 3 in the Stanley Cup final, however, saw a whole brawl in Florida Panthers’ crooked victory over Edmonton Oilers to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

In their first home game in the best-of-the-seven series, Panthers took advantage of Panthers, and Oilers tried to get even in a physical way instead of on the scoreboard.

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The game was already 5-1 in favor of Florida as things became more chippy on the ice. It reached another level when Edmonton Frem Trent Federic started choosing Sam Bennett to the point where he crossed him down to the ice, and Bennett retaliated with some strokes when he got on top of Federic.

The initial match led each player on the ice to find a partner to duel, and the judges simply let the fight themselves. Oilers ‘Darnell nurse and Panthers’ Jonah Gadjovich grabbed each other’s jerseys and threw Haymakers, while Florida’s aj Greer dueled with Edmonton’s Mattias Ekholm.

After the matches Fizzled out, nurse, Godjovich, Bennett, Federic, Greer and Ekholm all called for game negotiations and sent the ice for the rest of the game.

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But with almost half of the third period that was still playing, the tension between these two teams that fight for the Lord Stanley Cup did not stop. It came mainly from Oilers when Evander Kane was sent from the ice at night after cutting Carter Verhaeghe on his face while he was down on the ice.

Several sanctions would be as the clock continued to cross down, and at that time both teams just hoped that no one would be hurt with much of this series left to play. Even at the last buzzer, Oilers Star Corey Perry began to puzzle with multiple Panthers players as fans started throwing garbage on the ice.

Ultimately, Panthers responded to all the over-physical play of Oilers with a power-play goal to hood their 6-1 victory when Evan Rodrigues hammered a shot home.

A match breaks out in the third period between Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers in match three of the 2025 Stanley Cup final at the Amerant Bank Arena. (Jim Rassol-Preferred Pictures)

Apart from the matches, some huge offensive hockey was exhibited by Florida from Get-Go, when Brad Marchand Potte a former Oilers goalkeeper Stuart shines just under a minute into the game.

Marchand became the oldest player in the NHL story to score in each of the first three Stanley Cup Finals games. But he is not the only player doing it on his team in this series.

Sam Bennett joined him in the second period after finding an interruption to the web thanks to Eetu Luostarin who captured an Edmonton pass on the blue line.

Bennett went back on rails and buried his hand shelf to take a commanding 4-1 lead. AMERANT BANK Arena went Berserk as Bennett’s goal led to an outbreak of cheer on and off the ice for Panthers.

Verhaeghe also entered the target column with a power-play goal assisted by Rodrigues and Nate Schmidt to enter the closet room 2-0.

Perry was able to get Oilers for a much needed response with a power-play goal of his own at the beginning of the second period, but Florida’s physical character, considered legal by judges on the ice, ultimately led to Bennett’s goal and Sam Reinharts before that.

Florida Panthers Defender Aaron Ekblad (5) and Edmonton Oilers Center Trent Frederic (21) fight in the third period in match three of the 2025 Stanley Cup final in the American Bank Arena. (Jim Rassol-Preferred Pictures)

Things came from the rails to Edmonton when Florida went back on Power Play, and their top unit composed a beautiful view of going completed with Aaron Ekfad’s wide -open net to the wrist home the team’s fifth goal of the competition.

It was really a statement victory for Florida that has all types of momentum on the way into Game 4 on Thursday night.