The Florida Panthers look to take a 2-0 lead in the series when they host the Edmonton Oilers on Monday for Game 2 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final. The Panthers are three wins away from the first championship in franchise history after posting a 3-0 victory in the opener on Saturday. Carter Verhaeghe scored his team-leading 10th goal of the playoffs and Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves for his second shutout of the postseason.
Opening faceoff at Amerant Bank Arena is set for 8 p.m. ET. Florida is a -135 favorite (risk $135 to win $100) on the money line in the latest Panthers vs. Oilers odds from SportsLine consensus, while the Oilers are the +115 underdog. The over/under for total goals scored is 5.5 (see the latest lines on our NHL odds page).
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The model knows chances were scarce over the first 40 minutes of Game 1 for the Panthers, but they made the most of the few they had. Verhaeghe scored on Florida's first of only four shots in the first period and Evan Rodrigues tallied early in the second, a session in which the team registered eight shots. That was all the support needed by Bobrovsky, who blanked an Edmonton team that was shut out just three times during the regular season.
It also is aware that the Oilers were not without scoring opportunities in the series opener, as they recorded 25 shots over the first two periods and had several breakaway chances. Despite going 0-for-3 on Saturday, Edmonton still is extremely dangerous on the power play, converting 35.2% of the time with the man advantage this postseason. The club ranks first in the playoffs on the penalty kill with a 94.1% success rate and has extinguished 30 consecutive power-play opportunities by its opponents after Florida went 0-for-2 in Game 1.
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