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NHL Fines Edmonton Oilers Walman for Antics in Cup Final
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Jake Walman got hit with $10,000 in fines for his antics in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Panthers won that game 6-1 and lead the best-of-7 series 2-1.
Walman was fined $5,000 for squirting the Florida bench with water during the second period.
That fine is the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
He was also fined another $5,000 for punching Matthew Tkachuk during the third when Tkachuk was being held by Edmontonโs John Klingberg.
The NHLโs Department of Player Safety decided nothing else that went down in the third period of Mondayโs game โ which featured 122 penalty minutes and what amounted to nine ejections โ was worthy of a fine.
Cool.
Leon Draisaitl, who was not one of the Edmonton players tossed, said his team could do a better job of not being sucked into the kind of hockey the Panthers have no problem playing.
โThatโs part of their DNA, thatโs what they do,โโ Draisaitl said Tuesday following the Oilersโ practice in Fort Lauderdale. โLast night, the gameโs over with 11 minutes left and the all hell breaks loose, itโs a UFC fight. I think overall, we can be a little more disciplined and stay away from that, but thereโs also times where weโve handled it really well. โฆ
ย โItโs two teams that want to win, two teams of doing it their own way, but I donโt think anybody is going crazy here. Theyโre good at what they do, but last night was the first night where it got out of hand a little bit. The gameโs over, itโs 5-1 and itโs not a big deal, we have guys that are intense they like getting in those situations just as much as they do, so thereโs really not much too it.โ
PANTHERS / OILERS / FHN
- Paul Maurice is trying his best to keep suitors away from Sam Bennett.
- The Oilers are pondering a goalie change for Game 4. The Panthers, well, are not.
- My latest for NHL.com: The story on Mauriceโs feline tie collection.
- And another one: Carter Verhaeghe comes up clutch again.
- Florida took the Oilers off their game early on Monday night.
- The Panthers and Oilers got down and dirty in Game 3.
- Patrice Bergeron is rooting for Brad Marchand and the Panthers.
- Monday night was a real penalty party.
- The Oilers say theyโll be ready for Game 4.
- The Panthers picked a bad night for their goal horn to disappear.
- Ratisfaction! Mondayโs rally towels had plenty of snark.
- The Panthers brought in DJ Khaled and Bam Adebayo for Game 3. Udonis Haslem was there, too.
- Marchand said he will think about NHL free agency after the Stanley Cup Final.
- Donโt forget to subscribe to the FHN YouTube channel to watch interviews with the Florida Panthers throughout the postseason. More video coming today after practice at the IcePlex.
NHL LINKS / NATIONAL HOCKEY NOW
- Lane Hutson winning the Calder Trophy was a fitting end to a fine rookie season with the Montreal Canadiens.
- Kyle Dubas and his plans for a Pittsburgh Penguins rebuild could be stuck in neutral.
- Signing Mitch Marner wonโt be easy nor will it be cheap, but the Chicago Blackhawks need to make a run at him.
- Marco Sturm is back with the Boston Bruins and has a vision for the teamโs future.
- Philadelphia Flyers star Matvei Michkov is reportedly set to play in a KHL All-Star Event on July 13 at CSKA Arena in Moscow. Sergei Bobrovsky is reportedly playing as well.
2025 STANLEY CUP FINAL
GAME 4
EDMONTON OILERS @ FLORIDA PANTHERS
Florida Leads Best-of-7 Series 2-1
- When: Thursday, 8 p.m.
- Where: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise
- National TV: TNT/truTVย
- National Streaming: Max
- Radio: WQAM 560-AM; WPOW 96.5-FM2; WBZT 1230-AM (Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3-FM (Florida Keys), SiriusXM
- Radio Streaming: SiriusXM, NHL App
- Series Schedule (all games at 8 p.m., TNT) โ Game 1: @Edmonton 4, Florida 3 (OT); Game 2: Florida 5, @Edmonton 4 (2OT); Game 3: @Florida 6, Edmonton 1; Game 4: @Florida, Thursday; Game 5: @Edmonton Saturday; Game 6*: @Florida, Tuesday June 17; Game 7*: @Edmonton, Friday June 20.
- How They Got Here: Edmonton d. Los Angeles (6), Vegas (5), Dallas (5); Florida d. Tampa Bay (5), Toronto (7), Carolina (5)
- Postseason History: Florida Won 2024 Stanley Cup Final 4-3
- Regular Season: Panthers won 2-0
- All-time Regular Season Series: Oilers lead 23-18-0, 3 ties
