Regressing to the mean since 2015, it's the Hockey Pediocast with your host, Dmitri Filipovich.

Welcome to the Hockey Pediocast. My name's Demetra Filipovich. And joining me is my good buddy Thomas

Trance. Tom, we are recording fresh off the final buzzer of game through the Stanley Cup final.

After game two, falling short of our promise to record right after the game. We did it the next morning,

of course, and I think people still enjoyed it.

We're coming to you live pretty much, right? Like, the game just ended. We haven't really had a chance to dig into the numbers. Certainly haven't had a chance to rewatch, and I'm excited about it,

because I really enjoyed when we did it after game one. You know what? This was such an odd game

from a flow perspective, right?

You know, just as Edmonton felt like they were back in it, it was kind of their game

seven.

We all know the score in the event Edmonton loses, as they did ultimately.

Oh, spoiler alert.

Spoiler alert.

Spoiler alert.

And then the Panthers just took advantage of a series of breakdowns.

You know, Skinner mishandling a puck.

Sam Bennett really creating a goal on the forecheck.

And both of those goals with the down ice pressure and the stress that they put under, put the oilers under, felt like a really solid microcosm of what

the series has been. And, you know, to a large extent, in my view, there have been moments of

Panthers dominance. Yep. But it hasn't been, like, with the exception of game, too, obviously,

it hasn't been, like, sustained dominance. The Oilers have been able to do some good

things on occasion. They've been able to carry play in some moments, but they've had no answer

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