{"id":47459,"date":"2025-05-25T21:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/47459\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T21:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:23:10","slug":"deens-daily-are-we-headed-to-a-2024-stanley-cup-final-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/47459\/","title":{"rendered":"Deen&#8217;s Daily: Are We Headed To a 2024 Stanley Cup Final Rematch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Panthers are absolutely throttling the Carolina Hurricanes. In the Western Conference, the Edmonton Oilers look like the better team. Are we headed to a 2024 Stanley Cup Final rematch?<\/p>\n<p>All that and more on this edition of Deen\u2019s Daily \u2014 May 25.<\/p>\n<p>Stanley Cup Playoff Recap<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 \u2014 Edmonton Oilers at Dallas Stars: The Oilers are currently up by two in Game 3. But in Game 2, they won 3-0 and handed the Stars their first loss at home since the opening game of the first round against the Avs. For Edmonton, it\u2019s the third shutout win in a row for Stuart Skinner. For the Stars, it\u2019s their fourth shutout loss of the postseason. They really haven\u2019t had much going offensively in the playoffs outside of the explosion of goals from Mikko Rantanen over a five-game stretch.<br \/>\nGame 3 \u2014 Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes:\u00a0It looked like the Canes were going to find a way to make this a series. But then the third period happened, and the Florida Panthers dominated every aspect of the game. It was more of the same as what the reigning Stanley Cup champions have been doing all series. <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/hurricanes-are-desperate-and-the-panthers-are-not-celebrating\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">They won 6-2<\/a> and put the Canes on the brink of elimination. Florida could advance to its third straight Stanley Cup Final on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Game 3: Dallas Stars at Edmonton Oilers (1 pm MT on ABC &amp; ESPN+)<\/p>\n<p>Around The NHL<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Pens are one of the teams still without a head coach. Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pros-cons-pittsburgh-penguins-coaching-favorites-mitch-love-dj-smith-alain-nasreddine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the pros and cons<\/a> of the five top candidates for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Philly Hockey Now: Like the Avalanche, the Flyers need center help. <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2025\/05\/24\/could-the-flyers-find-their-center-solution-from-a-metro-division-rival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Can they find it<\/a> in the form of a trade from a division rival?<\/p>\n<p>NYI Hockey Now: Should Mathieu Darche <a href=\"https:\/\/nyihockeynow.com\/new-york-islanders-kyle-palmieri-darche-nhl-news-free-agency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extend Kyle Palmieri?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida Hockey Now: The injuries are starting to mount for the defending Cup champs. Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/updates-on-florida-panthers-injuries-to-reinhart-mikkola-greer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an update on three of their guys.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vegas Hockey Now: There will be plenty of offers made to Mitch Marner on July 1. But could the Golden Knights be a team of interest for the superstar winger? <a href=\"https:\/\/vegashockeynow.com\/2025\/05\/24\/report-top-free-agent-marner-interested-in-golden-knights\/#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sure seems like it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Panthers are absolutely throttling the Carolina Hurricanes. In the Western Conference, the Edmonton Oilers look like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5116],"tags":[9539,193,192,144,5277,58,5,776,2595,533,4,252,157],"class_list":{"0":"post-47459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-avalanche","8":"tag-aj-greer","9":"tag-avalanche","10":"tag-colorado","11":"tag-colorado-avalanche","12":"tag-coloradoavalanche","13":"tag-featured","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-kyle-palmieri","16":"tag-mathieu-darche","17":"tag-mitch-marner","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-sam-reinhart","20":"tag-stuart-skinner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/114570580432912759","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}