EDMONTON -- The noise was deafening and the intensity inside Rogers Place, especially on the ice, was seemingly as high as it can get.

It was physical and fast. It was crisp and intelligently played. It was, quite clearly and literally, the two best teams in the NHL going at it once again in the Stanley Cup Final.

And it was only Game 1.

Game 2 is at Rogers Place on Friday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).

Buckle up.

"I think every game will be the exact same," Edmonton Oilers defenseman Jake Walman said.

The Oilers and Florida Panthers are going to treat hockey fans around the continent and across the world to one heck of a Stanley Cup Final if the rest of the games in the best-of-7 series are anything like what we saw Wednesday.

Edmonton took the lead 66 seconds in.

See Full Page