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Who won the hockey game last night? Oilers-Panthers Stanley Cup Final by the numbers
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50
Draisaitl scored twice in reaching the career 50-goal plateau, which ranks sixth on the Oilers list and one behind Esa Tikkanen. Meantime, McDavid had two assists to give him 102 in the playoffs, tying Glenn Anderson for fourth on the franchise list.
52
Home teams are 52-10 when winning Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. Overall, 65 of the past 80 teams to win Game 1 have gone on to win the title.
98
This marked the 98th Cup Final game to be decided in overtime, and first since Florida's Carter Verhaeghe scored to seal a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 3 of the 2023 series. Vegas went on to win the Cup in five games.
2,543
The 2,543 miles (4,092 kilometers) between Sunrise, Florida, and Edmonton, Alberta, is — for the second year in a row — the longest distance between finalists in NHL history. It's a roughly six-hour flight each way for the teams, which will be especially challenging going back to western Canada for Game 5 without an extra travel day after Game 4.
