Stanley Cup Final Odds: Can Oilers Complete Comeback?

The Edmonton Oilers have gone from down 3-0 and against the ropes to one home win away from a Stanley Cup Final Game 7.

Florida, which led this series 3-0 going into Game 4, now needs a road win on Friday night in Alberta to avoid a Game 7. After not only winning Games 1-3, but controlling each of those meetings while outscoring Edmonton 11-4, Sergei Bobrovsky and the Panthers are now in danger of letting the first Stanley Cup in franchise history slip away.

Connor McDavid and the Oilers scored just two goals over the first 160 minutes (eight periods) of this series. But starting with the third period of Game 3, this team has piled up 15 goals in the last 140 minutes (seven periods). McDavid has led the way, breaking out for eight points (three goals, five assists) in Games 4 and 5 alone after he was held to three assists — and no goals — in Games 1-3.

Stanley Cup Final Futures Odds

Below are these teams’ odds to raise the Stanley Cup. Florida remains heavily favored in the series, but DraftKings lists Edmonton (-125) as the favorite on Friday night against the visiting Panthers (+105).

History remains firmly on Florida’s side, as the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs are the only team in league history to win the Stanley Cup after falling behind 3-0.

But it’s worth noting that Edmonton has already made it further than all but a few teams that dropped the first three games of the Stanley Cup Final.

Before the Oilers forced Game 6 on Tuesday night, just three teams, to be exact, had ever reached a Game 6 after falling behind 3-0 in a Stanley Cup Final. The most recent team to pull this off was the 2012 New Jersey Devils, who ended up losing that series in six games.

The other teams to win two in a row after going down 3-0 were the Detroit Red Wings in 1945 (they lost that series in seven games) and the Leafs in ’42.

Why Edmonton Can Win Stanley Cup

Below are three reasons why the Oilers are a tempting play — especially at odds as long as +280 at FanDuel — to complete a historic comeback:

Florida Has No Answer for Connor McDavid

Speaking of historic, let’s start with the 27-year-old Edmonton captain.

It would be an understatement to say that he has dominated this postseason. McDavid’s torrid run through the playoffs briefly hit a speedbump early in this series, as Florida did an impressive job containing him in Games 1 and 2, holding him to just one point while outscoring Edmonton 7-1.

But…