Edomonton Oilers ahead Connor Brown has been made accessible for Sport 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals towards the Florida Panthers.
Brown, who hasn’t featured since Sport 3 of the Western Convention Finals sequence towards the Dallas Stars, will make his return in Sport 1 of the championship spherical on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old exited that recreation with an undisclosed damage on Could 25 after a tough hit from Stars defenseman Alexander Petrovic.
The Oilers obtain a big damage 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 damage.
Brown sat out of the ultimate two video games of the sequence as Edomonton went on to shut it out in model with a 4-1 victory to e book their ticket again to the Stanley Cup.
“I really feel good,” Brown stated after returning to observe on Sunday. “Good to get a observe in with the staff. Clearly, I haven’t been training 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 arduous 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 shedding a heartbreaking Sport 7 on the street and fortuitously for the Oilers, they’re thought-about 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 towards the Detroit Purple 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 grow to be the primary staff 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 nearly throw the sequence in probably the most dramatic style earlier than recovering to seal the deal in Sport 7.
The Oilers have home-ice benefit on their facet in 2025. Florida is within the Stanley Cup Finals for the third 12 months in a row, shedding 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 the whole lot appears to be like to be of their favor forward of Wednesday’s Sport 1 at Rogers Place in Canada.