Top-line forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is again going to be considered a game-time decision with an undisclosed injury. Nugent-Hopkins did not skate Tuesday.
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After losing Game 1 in overtime after a puck over the glass penalty put Edmonton on the power play, the Panthers have not lost any of the belief they carried into the series.
Connor McDavid had two hits on the opening shift of the Stanley Cup Final, and that was just the start of the Edmonton Oilers taking the body in Game 1 of their rematch against the Florida Panthers.
The move came after the Stars ended their season in a 6-3 loss at home to Edmonton in Game 5 of the West final.
The Bruins picked the 46-year-old German to replace interim coach Joe Sacco.
If the series opener of the Stanley Cup Final is a hint of things to come, the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are about to give everyone a memorable show.
For nearly three full years under coach Paul Maurice, the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers were unbeatable in the playoffs when holding a lead through either of the first two periods.
When Game 1 was threatening to drag into a second overtime, Connor McDavid found Leon Draisaitl for the winner.
The Bruins picked Sturm to replace interim coach Joe Sacco, who took over from Montgomery in November and led the team to a 25-30-7 record — much of it after a trade deadline roster purge.
Bettman, at his annual state of the league address prior to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, said the sides are “having very constructive, professional, cordial dialogue.”
After Tomas Nosek’s penalty for putting the puck over the glass, Draisaitl’s goal 19:29 into OT sent the home fans into a frenzy.
