{"id":352506,"date":"2025-06-13T13:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=352506"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:35:56","slug":"panthers-vs-oilers-stanley-cup-final-best-bets-game-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/panthers-vs-oilers-stanley-cup-final-best-bets-game-5-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers vs. Oilers Stanley Cup Final best bets Game 5: Target Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on Sunday night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are even at two games apiece with the Stanley Cup Final heading back north of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The Oilers looked out of Game 4 and potentially the series after going down 3-0 in the first period. Edmonton bounced back and stunned Florida, 5-4, on another Leon Draisaitl overtime winner to regain home-ice advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Panthers vs. Oilers best bets for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\/players\/ryan_nugent_hopkins\">Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panthers vs. Oilers best bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: <strong>Nugent-Hopkins to score 1+ points (-129)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I keep coming back to this pick when the price is right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nugent-Hopkins is tied for seventh in the postseason with 20 points in as many games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He went pointless in three games to start the SCF but came alive in Game 4, scoring a goal and adding an assist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nugent-Hopkins should continue to have great offensive opportunities while playing on the first line alongside Connor McDavid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, the Oilers have scored three or more goals in all nine home playoff games this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 32-year-old averages just under 20 minutes of ice time and close to four minutes per game on the power play. He&#8217;s arguably the third most important Oiler, and he&#8217;s always stepped up his game in the postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Nugent-Hopkins has 81 points in 94 career playoff games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:114772\">Embed: #114772<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/ice_hockey\/nhl?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NHL betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nhl-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NHL injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\/top-skaters?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NHL stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stanley Cup Final Game 5 picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over 6.5 goals (-103)<\/strong>: As mentioned before, the Oilers&#8217; offence knows how to score in Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They are averaging 4.9 goals per game on home ice in the playoffs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first two SCF games in Edmonton had an average of 8.0 total goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As good as the Oilers have been at home, the Panthers have been good everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They scored three-plus goals in each of Games 1-4 (4.5 goals per game). Florida also ranks second in goals per 60 in the playoffs (3.26), per Money Puck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything points to this being another slugfest as the series shifts back to Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Panthers vs. Oilers best bets made at 12:14 p.m. ET 06\/13\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are even at two games apiece with the Stanley Cup Final heading back north of the border. The pregame narrative: The Oilers looked out of Game 4 and potentially the series after going down 3-0 in the first period. 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