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CBC
a day ago
- Sport
- CBC
What do Oilers fans expect from Game 3?
After a double-overtime loss to the Florida Panthers on Friday night, fans were down, but certainly not out. Sarah Reid caught up with some Oilers faithful outside Rogers Place to share their predictions on Game 3.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Marcus Semien plates two runs on error
POV: You're walking out to the Oilers bench Walking from the Oilers locker room to the bench takes on a whole new meaning ahead of the Stanley Cup final. CBC's Mark Connolly shows us what it's like at Rogers Place in Edmonton. 1:08 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
New York Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Panthers vs. Oilers live updates: 2025 Stanley Cup Final Game 2 start time, picks and predictions
Hello hockey fans and welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of Game 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place. Game 1 checked all the boxes, featuring elite hockey, high intensity and a cardiac finish, as the Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to win in overtime on a power-play goal by Leon Draisaitl. In fact, for the Panthers, it was the first time in all 31 playoff games under coach Paul Maurice that his squad lost when leading after the first or second period. What does Game 2 have in store? Follow along for live updates, analysis and reactions.
National Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- National Post
The Edmonton Oilers make Pink Pony Club part of their playoff lore
The first rule of Pink Pony Club is you do not talk about Pink Pony Club. Article content The second rule of Pink Pony Club is you do not talk about Pink Pony Club. Article content Article content The third rule of Pink Pony Club is if the Dallas Stars go limp, or tap out, the series is over. Article content It is now a playoff tradition, the kind of thing that will become part of Edmonton Oilers lore. The Oilers enter the Rogers Place ice surface to the chug-chugging guitar intro that has made Metallica's Enter Sandman a sports stadium standard. But if the night goes well for the Oilers, after all the players enter the dressing room, Chappell Roan's smash hit will be played at high volume. Article content It has become such a part of this playoff run that the crowd of 18,000-plus at Rogers Place belted out Pink Pony Club during Game 3. Article content But how did this song become the Oilers' playoff anthem? That's a closely guarded secret. 'We're going to keep that one within the team,' said Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard. Article content Goalie Calvin Pickard, who was in net for the team's first six playoff triumphs of 2025 before falling to injury, offered little more. Article content 'I don't know if I can tell people that story, can I?' said Pickard. 'Well, I know exactly where it started, but I don't know if I want to let that secret out. I know exactly when, because I was there. But, I think I am going to keep it tight to the chest. Article content Article content The fact that a lot of the sportswriters in the dressing room hadn't heard of the song until the playoff run is a sign that a lot of us need to get out more. For those of you who have been living under a rock, Roan's song has become more than the sum of its parts. It's about a girl who moves from a small town to pursue her dreams in Los Angeles, but ends up dancing at a club, The fact that she knows her mother would be aghast with her life choices suggests that the venue in question is indeed a strip club, but her line 'and I heard there's a special place, where boys and girls can all be queens every single day' has also made it an anthem for the queer community, and just about any kid who feels he, she or they simply don't fit in. There was a Chappell Roan-themed drag night held at an Edmonton nightclub in the fall of 2024. It's a pop song, but it might be the most unintentionally punk-rock anthem of this generation. Honestly, no one would have batted an eyelash had these lyrics been sung by Kurt Cobain. Article content And that's what makes hearing 18,000 fans belt out the song so spine-tinglingly wonderful. Whether it's intentional or not, they are signalling that the arena is a place of inclusion. Article content Article content There's a unique connection between random pop hits of the past and present and sports teams. In 2019, the St. Louis Blues went on a playoff run that ended in a Cup, with Laura Branigan's Gloria as their victory song. Singing along to Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline is part and parcel of going to Fenway Park and watching a Boston Red Sox game. Article content Some songs are local. When the Minnesota Twins win, they hear Let's Go Crazy by the late, great Prince — the state's most famous musical export. The Seattle Mariners rock to Jimi Hendrix's Fire, an homage to the local guitar legend. Article content Sometimes, when fans break into song, you wonder how and why the song got there. During Game 3 of the Oilers-Stars series, the fans belted out a version of the Cranberries' Zombie, which is a protest song about the Irish Republican Army and a bombing that killed two kids. And this scribe has lost count of the times arenas play the Outfield's Your Love when happy couples are shown on the big screens, even though the song is about infidelity.
National Post
5 days ago
- Sport
- National Post
3 TAKEAWAYS: These Stanley Cup Finals could go the distance again
It's underway. Article content After much pomp and ceremony around Rogers Place this week, not to mention the shortest off-season in franchise history followed by what had to feel like the longest journey down the road to redemption, the Edmonton Oilers opened Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the same Florida Panthers foe that beat them 2-1 in Game 7 last year. Article content Bad blood? Plenty of it. Article content Love lost? Absolutely none. Article content But will it end in long-awaited destiny for the former dynasty? Article content Only time will tell. After all, one game solves nothing in this best-of-seven, winner-take-all rematch that could just easily go the distance once again. Article content Here are three takeaways from the Oilers' 4-3 overtime win at Rogers Place on Wednesday: Article content 1. HOME-ICE ADVANTAGE Article content Finishing with 101 points on the season in the Western Conference didn't mean a whole heck of a lot to the Oilers, who gave up home-ice advantage in all three previous rounds. Article content But it's three points more than the Panthers ended up with, and that made all the difference when it came to the series opening inside the friendly confines of Rogers Place, as opposed to Amerant Bank Arena in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 4,100 kilometres south. Article content The Panthers used every ounce of the opening advantage last year to propel themselves to two straight home wins, which they followed up by going ahead 3-0 in the series after it switched to Edmonton for Game 3, meaning the Oilers would have had to win four straight to claim the ultimate prize. Article content Article content They got three of them. But the fourth eluded them, with Game 7 going back to Florida, where you have to imagine the home crowd and last change played a role in a one-goal decision. Article content At the same time, the NHL's own data shows teams that win Game 1 in a best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final hold an all-time series record of 65-20 (.765), including a 52-10 (.839) mark when starting at home, compared to a 13-10 (.565) clip when starting on the road. Article content At the same time, the winner of Game 1 has gone on to capture the Stanley Cup in each of the last four finals (Florida in 2024, the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023, the Colorado Avalanche in 2022 and the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2021). Article content But that only came after a streak of three straight years where the eventual champions rallied back from a 1-0 series deficit (the Lightning in 2020, the St. Louis Blues in 2019 and the Washington Capitals in 2018).
