It was the first meeting between the two teams since the Panthers clinched the 2025 Stanley Cup with a 5-1 win against the Oilers in Game 6 on June 17. Florida also defeated Edmonton for the Cup in 2024, winning in seven games.

Mattias Ekholm had a goal and two assists, Evan Bouchard had three assists, and Stuart Skinner made 35 saves for the Oilers (10-9-5).

Anton Lundell and Mackie Samoskevich each had a goal and an assist for the Panthers (11-9-1). Sergei Bobrovsky allowed four goals on 17 shots before being relieved by Daniil Tarasov midway through the second period. Tarasov stopped all 12 shots he faced with Edmonton scoring its final two goals into an empty net.

The Oilers took a 1-0 lead only 25 seconds into the game when Florida turned over the puck and Roslovic sent a shot from the half-wall that snuck through the skates of Bobrovsky at the right post.

It was the fastest goal to start a game for the Oilers this season.

Lundell tied the score 1-1 when he chopped at a pass from Samoskevich from the goal mouth at 6:30 of the first period.

Roslovic got his second goal to make it 2-1 at 7:06, beating Bobrovsky with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle. He has six goals in his past eight games and nine overall.

Ekholm gave Edmonton a 3-1 lead at 13:58, scoring in the slot after getting to a rebound off a shot from Adam Henrique.

The Oilers chased Bobrovsky at 6:45 of the second period when Vasily Podkolzin made it 4-1 by scoring off a sharp-angled shot from the goal line that glanced off the right shoulder of Bobrovsky.

Florida scored the final two goals of the second in a period it outshot the Oilers 20-11 and trailed 4-3 going into the third.

Samoskevich made it 4-2 at 10:04 of the second on the power play, one-timing a cross-ice pass in the left circle from Uvis Balinskis.

Sam Reinhart also cashed in on a power-play opportunity, getting to a rebound on a Lundell shot in the slot to make it 4-3 at 13:30.

Connor McDavid scored with Tarasov on the bench to make it 5-3 at 17:20 of the third period before Matt Savoie scored at 17:47 for the 6-3 final.

Florida was playing without defenseman Aaron Ekblad, who was a late scratch with an upper-body injury after not participating in Saturday’s morning skate.