Edomonton Oilers ahead Connor Brown has been made obtainable for Recreation 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals in opposition to the Florida Panthers.
Brown, who hasn’t featured since Recreation 3 of the Western Convention Finals sequence in opposition to the Dallas Stars, will make his return in Recreation 1 of the championship spherical on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old exited that sport with an undisclosed harm on Might 25 after a tough hit from Stars defenseman Alexander Petrovic.
The Oilers obtain a big harm increase with Brown’s comeback simply days following the information that star winger Zach Hyman will miss the remainder of the postseason with a wrist harm.
Brown sat out of the ultimate two video games of the sequence as Edomonton went on to shut it out in fashion with a 4-1 victory to ebook their ticket again to the Stanley Cup.
“I really feel good,” Brown mentioned after returning to observe on Sunday. “Good to get a observe in with the workforce. Clearly, I haven’t been working towards a lot. It’s good to get it going. I’m excited.”
In 14 playoff video games thus far, Brown has eight factors from 5 objectives and three assists. Within the common season, he tallied 30 factors from 13 objectives and 17 assists in all 82 video games.
WATCH: Alexander Petrovic sends Connor Brown to the ice with laborious hit
Connor Brown went to the dressing room after taking this hit from Alex Petrovic pic.twitter.com/0dryQmYjMi
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When was the final time the Oilers made the Stanley Cup Finals?
The 2025 Stanley Cup Finals is a repeat of the 2024 renewal because the Oilers as soon as once more go head-to-head with the Florida Panthers.
This time round, Edomonton are out for revenge after dropping a heartbreaking Recreation 7 on the highway and fortunately for the Oilers, they’re thought of the favorites on this match-up.
Oilers vs Panthers marks the eleventh time in NHL historical past that groups meet within the Cup Closing in consecutive seasons and the primary because the Pittsburgh Penguins lined up in opposition to the Detroit Pink Wings in 2008.
That 12 months, the Penguins rebounded from a six-game loss to the Wings to show the tables and win in seven.
The Panthers intention to change into the primary workforce to defeat the identical opponent within the Cup Closing in consecutive seasons because the Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4-0 and 4-2 in 1977 and 1978.
Final 12 months, after going 3-0 up the Panthers misplaced three consecutive video games to virtually throw the sequence in essentially the most dramatic trend earlier than recovering to seal the deal in Recreation 7.
The Oilers have home-ice benefit on their aspect in 2025. Florida is within the Stanley Cup Finals for the third 12 months in a row, dropping to the Vegas Golden Knights in 5 video games in 2023 earlier than getting over the hump in 2024.
Edomonton haven’t received the Cup since 1990 however every little thing appears to be like to be of their favor forward of Wednesday’s Recreation 1 at Rogers Place in Canada.
