At 8 eastern the NHL Stanley Cup Finals game 1 takes center stage and we will back Florida tonight.. The Panthers have an AX to grind here after losing the Cup last year and now are back again and home for this game. In fact game 1 home team are 61-23 all time in game 1 of the Finals and The Panthers handled the Oilers winning both games this year by a a 10-4 combined score. The Panthers are 6th overall on the penalty kill and 4th overall on defense. This game puts the #1 and #2 teams this year in shots on goal per game. With June home teams off 3 straight wins going 3-0 since 2007 vs an opponent off a home win we will Play on the Panthers in game 1