Very lucky and fortunate that I’ve got great trainers and doctors. They all somehow got me healthy enough to play.’

Star forward Brad Marchand learns the latest details about his potential future with Matthew Tkachuk’s Florida Panthers following the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers.

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk, who has gotten hot, is one win away from a repeat, but had injury questions before the playoffs.

Sam Reinhart and Matthew Tkachuk both found the net for the Florida Panthers as they lead the Edmonton Oilers 2-0 after the first period of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Tkachuk perhaps hasn't been the same flame throwing, in-your-face presence he was two seasons ago, when he began to help transform the results and the aura of the Panthers, who are in the Cup Final for a third straight year and on the verge of repeating as champions.

The Florida Panthers can close out the Stanley Cup Final Tuesday with a win in Game 6. Matthew Tkachuk said the Panthers must approach it with the urgency of Game 7 so that the Oilers don't force a winner-take-all game in Edmonton.

Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers are one win away from repeating as Stanley Cup champions on Tuesday. Even if they lose, they will have a Game 7 to try and defend their title.

Florida Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk made something clear to Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid ahead of potentially series-clinching Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.