Hockey

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Going into this Stanley Cup Final rematch , confidence oozed from the Florida Panthers just like last year when they won — and also this time from the Edmonton Oilers because they felt prepared for the moment.

TORONTO — Kris Knoblauch pushed back at the notion his team had been bullied in last year's Stanley Cup final. The Edmonton Oilers head coach also agreed the group is better suited to face the Florida Panthers some 11 1/2 months later.

VANCOUVER — Newly minted Vancouver Canucks head coach Adam Foote is rounding out his coaching staff with three new additions.

The hot-button topic of whether NHL teams based in states without income tax have an advantage is well and alive again.

EDMONTON — Kasperi Kapanen cut through the neutral zone, knifed past a pair of flat-footed defenders, avoided a desperate poke check — and then chimed the puck off Sergei Bobrovsky's left post.

Gil Moore can barely go a day without hearing someone belt out the words to one of his biggest hits. “It's hard to get through a Tim Hortons lineup without people singing, 'Lay It on the Line,'” he said.

NEW YORK — Columbus Blue Jackets centre Sean Monahan has been awarded the 2024-25 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the NHL announced Thursday.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — When the Stanley Cup was brought out onto the ice prior to Game 1 of the final, just as it was last year, everything the Edmonton Oilers expressed about this time being different came into focus.

EDMONTON — Leon Draisaitl gave all he had in last season's Stanley Cup final.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are off to a good start on their road to redemption.