Oilers' Connor McDavid 'Looking Forward' to Doubters amid 0-2 SCF Deficit to Panthers | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Edmonton Oilers superstar forward Connor McDavid is embracing his team's role as the underdog after falling behind 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers.

Speaking to reporters Monday night following Edmonton's 4-1 loss to Florida in Game 2, McDavid said he is "looking forward to people doubting us again."

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"I'm excited to see us fight through adversity and looking forward to people doubting us again."<br><br>Connor McDavid on the Oilers being down 2-0 in the <a href="">#StanleyCup</a> Final. <a href="">

While the Oilers are making their first Stanley Cup Final appearance since 2006, the Panthers are in the SCF for a second consecutive year and are now two wins away from the first Stanley Cup win in franchise history.

While the Oilers are now the clear underdogs in the Stanley Cup Final, they have bore the burden of high expectations ever since they took McDavid first overall in the 2015 NHL draft.

Edmonton has reached the playoffs six times since McDavid's arrival, but it wasn't until this season that the team finally broke through with a Stanley Cup Final appearance.

Along with fellow superstar forward Leon Draisaitl, McDavis is unquestionably the biggest reason for the Oilers' success, as the 27-year-old veteran reached the 100-point mark for the seventh time in the past eight seasons with 32 goals and a league-leading 100 assists for 132 points.

He has continued his spectacular play during the postseason as well, registering five goals and a playoff-leading 27 assists and 32 points.

As much as fans and observers expected McDavid and the Oilers to go on a deep run prior to the season, expectations were quickly tempered early in the campaign when Edmonton got off to a 2-9-1 start.

That led to the firing of head coach Jay Woodcroft, which proved to be the right move for Edmonton, as the team went 46-18-5 under Kris Knoblauch the rest of the way.

As has always been the case during McDavid's tenure, a high-powered offense carried the Oilers to a 104-point regular season, as they were fourth in the NHL with 294 goals scored.

The offense has gone away for the Oilers thus far in the Stanley Cup Final, as they have gotten only one puck past Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky over two games on a combined 51 shots on goal.

Florida has scored seven times in that same stretch, further underscoring Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner's struggles during the playoffs, as he has compiled a pedestrian .896 save percentage.

The Oilers are never out of it with McDavid leading the way, but they clearly have an uphill climb ahead of them against a stacked Panthers team with plenty of firepower Stanley Cup Final experience.

Although a loss won't officially end their season, Thursday's Game 3 already feels like a must-win situation for the Oilers since coming back from a 3-0 deficit seems like a near impossibility.