The Oilers are playing their best at the most important time of the season and will face the Florida Panthers in a Final rematch starting with Game 1 of the best-of-7 series at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).

Barkov has been the Panthers captain for seven years, helping usher in the most successful stretch in franchise history. Now back in the Stanley Cup Final, he’s getting praise as one of the

This isn’t quite the Canadiens attempting to save the hockey world from the marauding two-time defending Cup champion Flyers nearly five decades ago in the 1976 Final, but it kind of a fits the

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Xavier Legette brought the entertainment during his recent mic'd up moment while watching the Stanley Cup playoffs.

THE NEW YORK KNICKS AND THE EDMONTON OILERS They're still down, but they're certainly not out. And if they can reproduce their efforts in Game 5, they'll certainly have a chance to pull off a comeback for the ages.

The first part of this two-part lesson is obvious: Teams that want to win must spend to the cap. Using PuckPedia as a guide, the Oilers and Panthers each exceeded the cap maximum with bonus overages factored in, while the Jets left money on the table.

The Dallas Stars have done what no other team has over the past three decades while reaching three conference finals in a row.