The Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight year. They’re three wins away from defending their 2024 title.

Brad Marchand and Nate Schmidt do not have a long history in what was a pretty nasty feud between the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins — but they certainly had their moments. Schmidt did not play in the season opener when Marchand and the Bruins were in Sunrise to see the Panthers raise their Stanley

Marchand, who was acquired by the Panthers from the Boston Bruins prior to the NHL Trade Deadline, has scored three goals in two games during the 2025 Stanley Cup Final, including one in double overtime of their 5-4 win in Game 2 to tie the best-of-7 series, 1-1.

The first two games of the Stanley Cup Final have gone to overtime, only the sixth time in NHL history that’s happened and first since 2014.

Brad Marchand scored a double-overtime, game-winning goal to give the Panthers a win over the Oilers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Florida's Brad Marchand scored in the second overtime to down the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 and tie the Stanley Cup Final. Game 2 highlights:

Florida remains in Edmonton for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, which begins at 8 p.m. ET at Rogers Place in Canada.

Who would you pick? Whose name would you call? The night needed a hero, and the game needed an ending, and there the Florida Panthers players sat in the locker room before the second

Brad Marchand came up big multiple times for the Panthers as they beat the Oilers in overtime of Game 2 on Friday.

The veteran left wing, who was traded from the Boston Bruins to the Panthers at the NHL trade deadline in March, has tallied 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in 18 games during the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. He also scored a goal in the Panthers’ 4-3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night.