“Our projection model now gives the Panthers a 78 percent chance of winning the Stanley Cup, leaving the Oilers with a 22 percent likelihood of pulling off back-to-back victories,” wrote The Athletic’s NHL Staff Writer Dom Luszczyszyn, after the Florida Panthers regained the series lead in Game 5. With the Panthers now just one game away from repeating as the Stanley Cup champions, Brad Marchand emerged as the Game 5 hero.

Marchand once again proved the Panthers made the right decision to sign him in March when he scored the opening goal at 9:12 of the first period. Marchand put himself into the perfect position for a breakaway, weaving a path through the defense and scoring an impressive goal. Yet, that was only the beginning. Marchand pounced on the puck and found the gap once again in the third period, outplaying Evan Bouchard before beating Pickard to score the Cats’ third unanswered goal.

His goal was so impressive that it sparked one Edmonton Oilers’ fan to pull off a ridiculous move. However, it may not be right to call the man an Edmonton fan because he took off his Oilers’ jersey to reveal a Panthers’ jersey beneath it. A turncoat moment that immediately irked true Oilers fans. “Marchy can add fan conversion to his spectacular resume,” commented one hockey fan.

It was nothing less than a déjà vu moment because something very similar had already happened. You could even say the resemblence is uncanny, because you only have to look back as far as the Leafs vs. Panthers Game 3. The Cats won that fateful Round 2 game and narrowed the series gap to 2-1 against the Leafs, and who scored the winning goal? None other than Brad Marchand.

And just as disappointed Leafs fans left Scotiabank Arena in droves, one man ripped off his Leafs jersey to reveal a Panthers one. What’s more? It was a Brad Marchand jersey. Naturally, a chorus of boos greeted the band wagoner in the clip TSN’s subsidiary, BarDown, posted on X. While we didn’t get to see how the fans reacted at the moment in the short clip B/R Open Ice posted from the SCF Game 5, the online response was hilarious.

Oilers fans weren’t ready for this reaction to Brad Marchand’s goal

As if Brad Marchand making the Oilers defense look foolish twice in one game wasn’t enough, the hockey fan’s stunning move in a stadium full of Oilers fans felt like an insult to injury for some. Some angry fans fumed at the move and expressed their anger in the comments. “People like this don’t deserve the seats,” commented an enraged Edmonton Oilers fan.

Even many Panthers fans didn’t support the turncoat move. “WE DO NOT CLAIM HIM,” a concerned Cats fan wrote in all caps. That being said, goal number three, Brad Marchand, set yet another record, something he’s made a habit of lately. After becoming the oldest player to score in the first 3 games of a Stanley Cup Final, Marchy made history again.

“Brad Marchand joins Mario Lemieux as the only players in NHL history to score five goals in multiple Stanley Cup Finals in the last 59 years,” The Athletic’s Chris Johnston wrote on X. Thankfully, Connor McDavid gave the Oilers fans something to cheer about after finally putting Edmonton on the board. The team captain showed a spark of his skill, doing and weaving around Sergei Bobrovsky to score a goal.

It came right after Brad Marchand’s heroic second goal, and that got many other fans thinking. “If this dude has another Oilers jersey on underneath that one after the McDavid goal, I’ll be impressed,” commented one NHL fan. However, the fan didn’t wear a third jersey to the game tonight. Others also took it as part of many shenanigans hockey fans get up to.

“This is both entertaining and unforgivable,” joked a fan after watching the clip. However, the only ones laughing tonight were the Florida Panthers. While Connor McDavid’s goal had a chance to create a spark in the Oilers, Sam Reinhart snuffed it out almost immediately, restoring the Cats’ three-goal lead. While Corey Perry would score a second goal for the Oilers, the Panthers ended the show, scoring their 5th for the night, an empty netter. But what did you think of the stunning moment of betrayal in the stands? Tell us in the comments.