Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals takes place tonight in Florida as the Panthers host the Edmonton Oilers in what’s set to be another exciting matchup between these two teams.
The Panthers secured a 6-2 win on the road last time out to give themselves a 3-2 series lead heading into game six.
The current NHL betting odds have the Panthers as favorites on home ice (understandably) at -135 NHL betting odds, whilst the travelling Oilers are set at +125 with the top-rated sportsbooks.
The Picks
- Florida Panthers ML (-135)
- Sam Bennet Anytime Goalscorer (+180)
*All odds from Bet365 (check our Bet365 Review)
Edmonton Oilers vs. Florida Panthers
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 – 08:00 PM EDT at Amerant Bank Arena
Oilers Lucky to Still Be Here
The Florida Panthers have been the better team in this year’s finals, despite the series reading 3-2 to Florida, there is a case to be made for the fact that the Panthers should have swept the Oilers or at the very least already claimed a 4-1 victory.
The Panthers let a 3-1 lead slip in game one and a 3-0 lead slip in game 4, both games the Edmonton Oilers came back to claim victory.
The Florida Panthers now sit one victory away from becoming back-to-back Stanley Cup champions. In season acquisition Brad Marchand has been one of the Panthers star players throughout the playoffs, having scored the opening goal in three of the first five games, Marchand also bagged two goals in game five to bring his post-season ally to 10 goals (the 2nd most amount of goals on the Panthers roaster throughout these playoffs).
Edmonton & Florida Trends & Facts
- The Panthers have a record of 35-22 this season while playing with their moneyline odds shorter than -148.
- Edmonton’s games have gone over 6.5 goals in 50 of 103 chances this season.
- The Panthers are 52-8-4 in the 64 games when they have scored more than two goals.
- The Panthers have been outshot by opponents in 28 games, going 16-10-2.
- The Oilers have been outshot by opponents in 26 games, going 10-15-1 to record 21 points.
- In eight games this season when the Oilers ended a game with only one goal, they went 2-6.
The Pick
We have been trying to give the Edmonton Oilers a chance throughout this series, but they just can’t seem to put the pieces together, even when they win its mainly because the Panthers let them come back into the game as opposed to the Oilers upping their game to turn things around.
We have a hard time seeing the Florida Panthers loosing on home ice in front of their fans tonight, knowing a win here will wrap things up. Whilst the Oilers rely on their two top players Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, the Florida Panthers are a much more rounded team and have a better goaltender in Sergei Bobrovsky.
Our OddsTrader computer is predicting a 4-2 Florida win tonight, and we are in agreement with this pick, especially the fact they cover the PK line as we believe the Panthers can win this game by two or more goals at +170 NHL betting odds.
The Panthers have had a 2+ goal lead in 4 of the opening 5 games, and we expect them to continue that streak tonight.
NHL Pick: Florida Panthers ML (-135) at Bet365
Player Prop Pick
Sam Bennett has been the Florida Panthers top goalscorer this post-season having scored 15 goals in 22 games played to date. Bennet has been on fire lately having scored at least one goal in 5 of his previous 6 games as well as having scored in 13 of the 22 games played throughout the playoffs.
Bennett scored 25 goals during the regular season, which was the 2nd most on the Panthers roster (14 goals behind top scorer Sam Reinhart).
We believe Sam Bennett can get on the scoreboard one final time throughout these finals and at +180 to score anytime we like these set of odds, betable down to +150.
NHL Pick: Sam Bennett Anytime Goalscorer (+180) at Bet365
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