Florida’s Sam Bennett rides a three-game goal streak into the Stanley Cup Final and has five goals in his last six games against Edmonton.
The Stanley Cup Final starts this Saturday with the Edmonton Oilers representing the West as they take on the Panthers, who represent the East. It’s the time of the year all hockey fans wait for as a new Champion is crowned and legends are made.
The public also has an opportunity to make this Stanley Cup Final historic by earning a huge payday for hitting on special prop bets to celebrate the Finals. You can pick from wide variety of bets like if Connor McDavid or Matthew Tkatchuk will get a point in every game.
The choice is up to you but if you need some encouragement, here is one of our favourites for prop bets on the series.
All betting lines are from BetMGM and are subject to change. Hockey is a difficult sport to predict so please gamble responsibly.
Bet: Sam Bennett - Panthers Series top scorer (+1400)
This is a tough one to call as the Panthers find their scoring from all players with no one really sticking out. Forward Sam Reinhart enters as the favourite to lead his team in goals as he scored three times over his last seven games, which trails a goal behind a surprising scoring breakout from forward Sam Bennett.
The 27-year-old centre has been known for his physical play that works well in the postseason and not for his goal scoring ability. He helped lift his team with a goal in each of their final three games versus the Rangers and will enter the Finals riding a surprising goal streak.
He is heating up at the right time and has a great history of scoring against the Oilers with five goals in six games against Edmonton, while being a member of the Panthers.
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He has always been in the mix when it comes to scoring in the postseason for the Panthers, as since joining them in the 2020-21 season, he has the fourth-most points on the team at 33 and fifth-most goals at 13 behind captain Aleksander Barkov by just one goal.
He is a long shot bet worth investing in as stranger things have happened in the Stanley Cup Final like when depth forward Max Talbot scored a team-leading four goals in the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals to help them beat the defending Champion Detroit Red Wings.