The Florida Panthers returned to the ice Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final — and with a chance to take a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers.

The Florida Panthers are on the road again, heading to Edmonton to face the Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final starting Wednesday night.

Carter Verhaeghe broke a tie off a feed from Aleksander Barkov with 7:39 left and the defending champion Florida Panthers advanced to their third straight Stanley Cup Final, beating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Wednesday night in Game 5.

The Dallas Stars emerged from a seven-game series against Colorado, and the Edmonton Oilers rallied from down 2-0 to eliminate Los Angeles and move on in the NHL playoffs.

The first two weeks of the season have not been kind to a few of the top Stanley Cup contenders.

A date has been officially confirmed for the Florida Panthers championship parade after the Cats defeated the Oilers Monday night to win the Stanley Cup in Game 7.

Leon Draisaitl made his first major impact in the Stanley Cup Final, and the series is heading back to South Florida.

The Florida Panthers are preparing for their second straight appearance in the Stanley Cup Final.

The season for the Florida Panthers cannot end on Wednesday night.

Some early trends are showing in the NHL.

Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl and Dallas' Joe Pavelski became just the second pair of NHL players to each score four goals on consecutive days in the playoffs.

The NHL playoffs are missing the close games and comebacks that seemingly comes annually with all the postseason intensity.

The Los Angeles Kings raised the Stanley Cup for the second time in June 2014.