Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice meets the media on his team’s practice day before Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final at the Fort Lauderdale IcePlex on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
Brad Marchand scored twice — once on a shorthanded goal in the second, then the game-winner at 8:05 of 2OT — to help lead the Panthers to a 5-4 win in Game 2 on Friday.
Florida, which is in the Cup Final for the third straight year, are 9-3 in road playoff games this season.
The defending champs tied the series at 1.
Game 3 of the Cup Final is Monday in Sunrise at 8 (TNT).
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Friday, the Panthers led 1-0 on Sam Bennett’s 12th road goal — and NHL record — of the playoffs.
Edmonton led 2-1 when Seth Jones scored; in the second, Florida trailed 3-2 before Dmitry Kulikov tied it. Marchand gave the Panthers a 4-3 lead with his first shorty in the Finals since beating Roberto Luongo in 2011.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 42 saves for the second straight game.
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18 Comments
Best coach
Gadjovich!!!!!! Let’s Go 12
Time to take the momentum back to Sunrise. Let’s go boys.
LET’S GO PANTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rat and Swaggy and SAM'S CLUB (Bennett and Rhino)!!!!!
Very well spoken and interesting man.. good coach! even though he is the dirtiest coach the league has seen in 30 years.
Why is the dirtiest coach ? Panthers their style is to play physical. Edmonton have 3 or 4 players that have excelent skills, but their not physical. Panthers in that sense are much better, anyone can score. Edmonton depend on 2 or 3 players to score. At end if series go 6 or 7 games, Panthers have the advantage. Panthers have more depth. Edmonton was lucky to comeback from 3-1 on game 1. Lucky to score on game 2 with 18 seconds left in the 3er period. Florida should be up 2-0.
Maurice is always thoughtful, calm and collective. No wonder why he is such a spectacular coach and the team is so good.
Punks
Muarice sounds like he’s actually analyzing both teams simultaneously and computing the data. It’s just amazing!
🤝🤝👍👍
Как бы ты не старался , но флорида проиграет . А ты и твои игроки получат хороших подзатыльников от нефтяников
Muzzy! 😂
coach how can you coach your team to be even more dirty instead of playing fair for next game
Nice of coach on checking him for saying little player
he's great. My brother works for Turner Sports and knows a lot of the players. Paul is beloved across the NHL. Players love playing for him.
He is proving that old school hockey is still the way to play to win
Coach Maurice is like a hockey coach monk. Vamos Gatos! 🤙