Fallon roasts NHL photos on 'Tonight Show' ahead of Stanley Cup Final

Comedian cracks jokes on multiple Panthers, Oilers players

OEL joust Tonight show
By Dan O'Leary
@DanOLeary25 NHL.com Staff Writer

With the 2024 Stanley Cup Final upon us "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" kept up its recent tradition of handing out superlatives for the NHL's two conference champions.

Fallon roasted a selection the player headshots of the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers on his show this week. The comedian took aim at Oilers players Corey Perry , Calvin Pickard , Mattias Janmark , Ryan McLeod and Connor Brown and Panthers players Spencer Knight , Oliver Ekman-Larsson , Tobias Bjornfot .

Ekman-Larsson was named "Most Likely to Joust You at a Renaissance Faire" while Brown, with his red hair was coined "Yassified Ed Sheeran."

Game 1 of the Cup Final will be Saturday in Florida at Amerant Bank Arena (8 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS).

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