Game Six of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final is on Tuesday night in Sunrise. Game time is 8 p.m. EDT (TNT, TRUTV,MAX). The Florida Panthers lead the series, three games to two. Three of the five matches played to date have gone overtime. The Edmonton Oilers won two. Meanwhile, the Panthers have prevailed in both games decided in regulation.
On Tuesday, Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch chose to go back to Stuart Skinner as the starting goaltender. Skinner was pulled in Games Three and Four in Florida.
The equation is very simple: If the Panthers win on home ice in Game Six, they will win the Stanley Cup championship for the second straight year. If the Oilers win on Thursday, the Stanley Cup will be decided in Edmonton on Friday.
What happened last game
Brad Marchand has six goals in this series. Two of his tallies came in Game Five. The Panthers built a 3-0 lead and never really looked back. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 of 21 shots. Oilers’ goalie Calvin Pickard absorbed the loss.
Path to the Stanley Cup Final
Western Conference Quarterfinal: Edmonton defeated Los Angeles, four games to two
Eastern Conference Quarterfinal: Florida defeated Tampa Bay, four games to one
Western Conference Seminal: Edmonton defeated Vegas, four games to one
Eastern Conference Semifinal: Florida defeated Toronto, four games to three
Western Conference Final: Edmonton defeated Dallas, four games to one
Eastern Conference Final: Florida defeated Carolina, four games to one
Stanley Cup Final schedule
Game 1 at Edmonton (June 4, 2025): Oilers 4 – Panthers 3 (OT) summary
Game 2 at Edmonton (June 6, 2025): Panthers 5- Oilers 4 (double OT) summary
Game 3 at Sunrise (June 9, 2025): Panthers 6 – Oilers 1 summary
Game 4 at Sunrise (June 12, 2025): Oilers 5 – Panthers 4 (OT) summary
Game 5 at Edmonton (June 14, 2025): Panthers 5- Oilers 2 summary
Game 6 at Sunrise (June 17, 2025)
Game 7 at Edmonton (June 20, 2025) – if necessary
Special teams playoff comparison (overall)
Power Play: Edmonton 16-for-63, 25.4 percent, Florida 20-for-79, 25.3 percent
Penalty Kill: Edmonton 47-for-70, 67.1 percent, Florida 70-for-81, 86.4 percent
Shorthanded goals scored: Edmonton 0 – Florida 1
Shorhanded goals allowed: Edmonton 1- Florida 0
Special teams series comparison
Power Play: Edmonton 4-for-23, 17.4 percent, Florida 7-for-23, 30.4 percent
Penalty Kill: Edmonton 16–for-23, 69.6 percent, Florida 19-for-23, 82.6 percent
Shorthanded goals scored: Edmonton 0 – Florida 1
Shorhanded goals allowed: Edmonton 1- Florida 0
Game Six projected lineup: Edmonton
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Connor Brown
Evander Kane – Leon Draisaitl – Kasperi Kapanen
Jeff Skinner – Adam Henrique – Trent Frederic
Vasily Podkolzin – Mattias Janmark – Corey Perry
Mattias Ekholm – Jake Walman
Brett Kulak – Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse – Troy Stecher
Stuart Skinner
[Calvin Pickard]
Game Four projected lineup: Florida
Carter Verhaeghe – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Brad Marchand
A.J. Greer – Tomas Nosek -Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling -Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt – Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
[Vitek Vanecek]
Three keys to victory
- Between the pipes: Skinner needs a huge bounceback game in order to force Game Seven.
- Wear-down effect: There have already been a lot of minutes played through five games. Will there a be a fatigue factor with at least two more games guaranteed?
- Discipline and special teams: This is an evergreen factor given the special teams stats for the playoffs and the series. It was a non-factor in Game Five, but it looks over each game.
Looks like this is almost a done deal. Florida just has too much. Edmonton seems to never fix their biggest issue, between the pipes. Year after year, it’s why they lose. They need someone to steal a game or two. It’s the difference.