<p>The Florida Panthers have won the 2024 Stanley Cup after a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.</p>



<p>With the win, the Panthers secure their first Stanley Cup since the inception of their franchise in 1993. They had made it to the Cup Final twice before in 1996 and last season in 2023.</p>



<p>The victory came after blowing a 3-0 series lead to the Oilers, but they managed to get the win on their fourth attempt to secure the Cup and avoid the reverse sweep.</p>



<p>This now marks the second consecutive time that the Oilers have lost in the Final, having also done so in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. Those have been their only two trips to the Final since winning five Cups in seven years from 1984 to 1990.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="141"></div>



<p>It didn’t take long for the action to get started. After an early power play for the Panthers, it didn’t quite turn into the momentum drainer when they didn’t convert like it had in the past for Florida, as six seconds later, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/evan-rodrigues/2620" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Evan Rodrigues</a> threw the puck on net and <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/carter-verhaeghe/2818" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Carter Verhaeghe </a>deflected it past <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/stuart-skinner/4741" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stuart Skinner</a>. That gave the Panthers the lead in the game, but also their first lead since their Game 3 win.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT A DEFLECTION BY CARTER VERHAEGHE 😱<br><br>1-0 CATS IN GAME 7 <a href="https://t.co/OSpgyYSSE2">pic.twitter.com/OSpgyYSSE2</a></p>— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href="https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1805398778087637342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</div></figure>



<p>But the Oilers responded quickly, as 2:17 later, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/cody-ceci/2052" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cody Ceci</a> made an excellent breakout pass to spring <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/mattias-janmark/2447" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mattias Janmark</a> on the breakaway, and the game was already tied up at 1-1, a score that held for the rest of the period.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MATHIAS JANMARK GETS IT RIGHT BACK 🤯<br><br>THE START OF GAME 7 IS ELECTRIC <a href="https://t.co/NqzVgAPRYT">pic.twitter.com/NqzVgAPRYT</a></p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="143"></div>— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href="https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1805399366498226246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</div></figure>



<p>In fact, for most of the second period, it was still 1-1. With less than five minutes left, the Oilers got a great chance to take the lead when <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/warren-foegele/3911" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Warren Foegele</a>‘s shot trickled through the crease, but it was cleared by <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/dmitry-kulikov/593" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dimitry Kulikov</a>. To make matters worse, the Panthers took it the other way and <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/sam-reinhart/2364" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sam Reinhart</a> had all the time in the world to make the perfect shot to make it 2-1.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SAM REINHART PUTS THE CATS BACK ON TOP 🚨 <a href="https://t.co/pQWBxrYSFa">pic.twitter.com/pQWBxrYSFa</a></p>— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href="https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1805416551228592615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</div></figure>



<p>It was crunch time for the Oilers in the third, as they were in desperate need of another goal to tie it. They pressed for another one, even coming oh-so close to doing so with seven minutes to go on a couple of chances from <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/connor-mcdavid/2471" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Connor McDavid</a> and <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/zach-hyman/2468" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Zach Hyman</a>.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="2" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="133"></div>



<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How is everyone's heart rate? 😅 <a href="https://t.co/Z9MK2M5T2c">pic.twitter.com/Z9MK2M5T2c</a></p>— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1805430183219888228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</div></figure>



<p>But that was all they could muster up. Despite a plethora of chances in the third and mostly hemming the Panthers in their own zone, they seemed to get more and more tired as the period went along, and couldn’t get the tying goal, giving the Panthers the 2-1 win.</p>



<p>_____</p>
