Florida won the first Stanley Cup in its history on Monday.
The Panthers found the resources to beat Edmonton 2-1 in Act VII of the NHL play-off final, after seeing the Oilers win three games in a row to tie the series at 3-3.
Defeated in five games by the Vegas Golden Knights last year, the Panthers are just the third team in the last 40 years to win the cumbersome trophy a year after failing to make the final. For their coach Paul Maurice, it is also the first coronation in the Stanley Cup final.
The quest continues, however, for the Canadian franchises, deprived of a title since Montreal’s last coronation in 1993, and for Edmonton and its superstar Connor McDavid in particular. The Oilers, whose last appearance in the final was in 2006, have not lifted the Stanley Cup since 1990.
On Monday, they were able to equalize at 1-1 on a success from Mattias Janmark in the 7th minute, a little more than two minutes after Carter Verhaeghe had opened the scoring for Florida. But the Panthers’ second goal, signed Sam Reinhart in the 36th, proved decisive in a game where their goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves.
McDavid MVP des play-off
The 35-year-old Russian, who has worn the Panthers jersey since the summer of 2019, was named first star of this Act VII ahead of the two Panthers scorers. Mute in this match 7 as in the previous one, Connor McDavid (42 points in these final series) is the sixth player in history to be named MVP of the play-offs without having won the title.
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2024-06-25 04:04:54
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