CNN —The Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 in Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Saturday at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. Bobrovsky’s 32 saves helped lead the Panthers to the first Stanley Cup shutout victory in team history. So, they’re really smart players and it was a fun challenge.”Game 1 kicked off the second consecutive Cup Final for the Panthers. This is the team’s third ever appearance in the Stanley Cup. The Florida Panthers lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in last year’s Stanley Cup – their first final in 27 years.

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Persons: Carter Verhaeghe, Aleksander Barkov, Connor McDavid, Sergei Bobrovsky, Evan Rodrigues, Eetu Luostarinen, ” Bobrovsky, “, ” McDavid Organizations: CNN, Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers, NHL, Amerant Bank, Panthers, Oilers, Stanley, ” Oilers, ”, Vegas Golden Knights Locations: Sunrise , Florida, Florida, Russian