The Panthers were also trying to avoid becoming the first back-to-back Stanley Cup losers since the 1977 and 1978 Boston Bruins.
Canada’s Stanley Cup drought has now reached 31 years.
After being largely silent in the past three games, the Panthers’ big guns showed up big in the make-or-break final game.
Aleksander Barkov became the first Finnish captain in NHL history to lead his team to a Stanley Cup.
Panthers arena flooded with Oilers fansIt’s a rarity to see a home arena invaded by visiting fans in the Stanley Cup Final, let alone in a Game 7.
Persons:
Connor McDavid, Canada’s, Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart, Verhaeghe, Reinhart’s, Dmitry Kulikov, Mattias Janmark, McDavid, Conn Smythe, Sergei Bobrovsky backstopped, Paul Maurice, Maurice, Aleksander Barkov, “ Mr, Clutch ”, Vladimir Tarasenko, Clutch, Matthew Tkachuk’s, CARTER VERHAEGHE, ino H, ince, aron E kblad, hird, rick
Organizations:
NHL, Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers, Amerant Bank, Panthers, Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Edmonton, Eastern, Stanley, ino H ard, ust
Locations:
Fla, Florida