The 2024-25 NHL season nears its end and it has been something else. The Winnipeg Jets were more of an afterthought at the beginning of the season. Fast forward to the present and the Jets are your likely NHL President’s Trophy winners and the No. 1 team in the Central Division.

Alex Ovechkin killed it for the Washington Capitals this season. The Caps, like the Jets, were not supposed to be a division champion, but they will be. On the way to a Metropolitan Division title, Ovechkin surpassed the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, and his career goal mark. The Capitals will finish as the top team in the Eastern Conference and have home ice advantage in their first-round series against either Montreal or Columbus.

The Stanley Cup playoffs are almost upon us. There is plenty of hype about which team will capture this year’s Cup. The Scores & Stats NHL experts are primed and ready to go after another successful season handicapping NHL games. Our NHL cappers will continue to bring you the best in odds, predictions, analysis, and more throughout the entire Stanley Cup playoff season.

Let’s update our 2024-25 Stanley Cup odds and predictions and take a look at our best value bets, our best longshot pick, and a couple Stanley Cup prop bets.

And then, there were two. After a grueling 82-game regular season and a playoff season that began back in April, we have finally reached the pinnacle of the 2024-25 NHL season. The Stanley Cup is upon us and Scores & Stats is here to bring you everything you need to finish off the NHL season in the green.

The Winnipeg Jets finished the regular season with the NHL’s best record and they captured the annual President’s Cup as a result. Dallas beat the Jets in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Jets did have the longest odds to capture the Cup of all playoff teams in January.

The Stanley Cup Finals will begin on Wednesday, June 4, and feature the East’s Florida Panthers against the Edmonton Oilers of the Western Conference. If those two teams look familiar, it’s because they played in last year’s Cup finals. Florida prevailed in seven games.

To navigate this seven-game series, make sure you begin with the ScoresandStats expert NHL betting guide. It’s packed full of valuable information for every hockey bettor. If you’re relatively new to sports betting, get a rundown of how to bet on NHL hockey prior to the series starting. Read more on the stats that you should be looking at before you bet on individual games, NHL props, or NHL futures.

As always, the best handicappers in all of sports are right here at ScoresandStats and you can tail all of their NHL picks throughout the Stanley Cup Finals. Get all the analysis and insight you need to have a successful Stanley Cup betting experience! Now, let’s dive into the NHL Stanley Cup odds, predictions, and finals schedule.

Stanley Cup Finals Schedule

The Stanley Cup Finals is scheduled for seven games. The following is a breakdown of the Stanley Cup schedule if all seven games are necessary.

• Game 1 (Wed, June 4): Panthers vs. Oilers at 8pm ET
• Game 2 (Fri, June 6): Panthers vs. Oilers at 8pm ET
• Game 3 (Mon, June 9): Oilers vs. Panthers 8pm ET
• Game 4 (Thurs, June 12): Oilers vs. Panthers 8pm ET
• Game 5 (Sat, June 14): Panthers vs. Oilers 8pm ET
• Game 6 (Tues, June 17): Oilers vs. Panthers 8pm ET
• Game 7 (Fri, June 20): Panthers vs. Oilers 8pm ET

What Channel Is the Stanley Cup On?

Fortunately for hockey fans, the Stanley Cup can be seen live on SN, CBS, TVAS, TNT, and truTV. Additionally, MAX will also streak the game live and full replays.

Who Won the 2024 Stanley Cup?

As mentioned earlier, this year’s Stanley Cup final is a rematch of last year’s. Florida won the series in seven games. The Panthers raced out to a 3-0 series lead only to watch Edmonton win the next three games and force a deciding Game 7.

The defenses tightened up and Florida’s Sam Reinhart scored at the 15:11 mark of the second period to give Florida a 2-1 lead. Neither team would score again and the Panthers won the 2024 Stanley Cup.

NHL Stanley Cup Odds

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The Oilers are your early favorite to win the series. NHL odds list the Oilers as -120 favorites. Edmonton has been lighting it up in the playoffs with an NHL-best 4.06 goals per game. The pair of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are No. 1 and No. 2 in scoring in the postseason with 26 and 25 points, respectively.

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Stanley Cup Predictions

Interestingly, neither of the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals entrants won their respective division during the regular season. In fact, both teams finished third. Florida finished behind Toronto and Tampa Bay in the Atlantic Division. Edmonton was No. 3 in the Pacific Division behind Vegas and Los Angeles.

Draisatl led the NHL in goals during the regular season with 52. He was third in points with 106. McDavid wound up sixth with 100 points. For the Panthers, Reinhart was the leading scorer during the regular season with 39 goals (tied for ninth) and 81 points.

While Edmonton is known for its offense, the Panthers are the best defensive team in the NHL.  Throughout the postseason, the Panthers have allowed a league-leading 2.29 goals per game. When it comes down to it, defense typically wins out over offense over the course of a seven-game series.

Sergei Bobrovsky is one of the top five or six goaltenders in the NHL. He finished the regular season in the Top 5 in GAA (goals against average) and his save percentage was .906. In the playoffs, his GAA has dropped to 2.11 and save percentage has risen to .912.

Edmonton’s Stuart Skinner (2.53, .904) and Calvin Pickard (2.84, .888) have done enough in the postseason, but they can’t continue to rely on the offense to get the job done. The value is on the Panthers, despite the Oilers having the home ice advantage.

Bet: Panthers +100, Panthers +1.5 (-200), Over 5.5 (-200)

Stanley Cup Prop Bets

Check out the following NHL prop bets for the Stanley Cup Finals:

Team That Wins Game 1, Wins Series?

• Yes (-210)
• No (+165)

If you like Edmonton in this series, then you would take the “Yes” bet here. The Game 1 winner wins the series 68.6 percent of the time in the NHL playoffs. When the team is playing at home, that number increases to 75.1 percent.

However, ScoresandStats likes the underdog Panthers, which gives tremendous value on the “No” bet. Game 1 winners go on to win almost 69 percent of the time. Even road teams that win Game 1 go on to win a playoff series 57.6 percent of the time.

Bet: No (+165)

Series Correct Score

• Edmonton Oilers 4-3 (+400)
• Florida Panthers 4-2 (+450)
• Florida Panthers 4-3 (+450)
• Edmonton Oilers 4-2 (+500)
• Edmonton Oilers 4-1 (+550)
• Florida Panthers 4-1 (+650)
• Florida Panthers 4-0 (+1400)
• Edmonton Oilers 4-0 (+1400)

Last year’s series went seven games and if it does this year, the Oilers have the home ice advantage. Last year, Florida jumped out to a 3-0 series lead, but the first two games were in Florida.

The Panthers did prove they can win on the road in the postseason. They won the deciding game of each of their playoff series this season on the road. Last year, Florida won Game 3 in Edmonton before throwing the Oilers a lifeline in Game 4. Edmonton won that game 8-1 on their home ice.

If you like the Oilers, this is most likely a seven-game series – Oilers 4-3. For the experts at ScoresandStats, a Florida win could happen in Game 7 (+450) or at home in Game 6 (+450). It’s possible to split a unit and bet half on each outcome. picked to win the Stanley Cup also hails from the Central Division, but it is not Winnipeg nor is it Dallas. It’s the Colorado Avalanche, who have a plethora of offensive talent and a defense that is just good enough to win a second Stanley Cup in four years.

Bet: Florida Panthers 4-2 (+450)

Series Correct Score After Game 3

• Edmonton Oilers 2-1 (+130)
• Florida Panthers 2-1 (+135)
• Edmonton Oilers 3-0 (+700)
• Florida Panthers 3-0 (+725)

It should be a seven-game series once again, which leads you to a 2-1 finish. Now, with the series 2-1 after three games, Florida would play at home in Game 4. The Panthers can be streaky. They would have two home games and have shown they can win on the road. That makes Florida 3-0 at +725 an interesting prospect.

Bet: Florida Panthers 3-0 (+725)

Total Wins on the Road in Series

• Over 2.5 Wins (-125)
• Under 2.5 Wins (-105)

We’ve mentioned how good Florida is on the road. The Panthers were just 20-19-9 in road games during the regular season, but they have proven they can win on the road when it counts.

As great as last year’s Stanley Cup final was, there were still only two road wins. Florida won Game 3 and Edmonton won Game 5 to stay alive. Even favoring the Panthers, the likelihood of more than two road wins isn’t high.

Bet: Under 2.5 Wins (-105)

To Win From Behind

• Oilers to Never be Behind and Win (+200)
• Panthers to Never be Behind and Win (+275)
• Panthers to Win from Behind (+300)
• Oilers to Win from Behind (+325)

If you like the underdog Panthers, then you’re betting on a split in the first two games in Edmonton. That said, the Panthers would then have Games 3 and 4 at home. That puts the value on the Panthers never trailing in the series and winning.

Bet: Panthers to Never be Behind and Win (+275)

Stanley Cup Winner List

The following is a list of the most recent NHL teams to win the Stanley Cup: