Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl Trade Messages After Win Against Panthers originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Edmonton Oilers opened the 2025 Stanley Cup Final with a comeback win over the Florida Panthers, erasing a two-goal deficit to secure a 4–3 overtime victory.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl drove the bus again for the Edmonton Oilers when they erased a multigoal deficit to beat the Florida Panthers in overtime in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch.

Draisaitl didn't have a single goal in the 2024 Cup Final. On Wednesday, he scored 66 seconds into Game 1, then scored the overtime game winner. A sublime start to this year's championship series. Draisaitl has scored or assisted on five of the Oilers' six OT goals over the past two postseasons.