Canada’s participation the Stanley Cup Final attracted plenty of interest as Game 1 between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers on Saturday saw a 43 percent increase in ratings across North America over last season. According to the NHL, the
Sure, Corey Perry is in the Stanley Cup Final for a fourth time in five years, but he lost his three previous trips.
This one surely felt different to the Florida Panthers, for a lot of reasons.
They led after one period of a Stanley Cup Final game for the first time since 1996. They led after two periods for the first time in a title-round game. They led a Cup final game by more than one goal for the first time — ever.
Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was unbeatable and so were the Florida Panthers as they claimed Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final with a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. Bobrovsky made 32 saves to record his
Sergei Bobrovsky put on a masterclass against Connor McDavid and every other player who dared shoot the puck at him, his teammates pounced when given the chance and the Florida Panthers are off and rolling in the Stanley Cup Final.
By the time he was old enough to watch NHL games growing up in Sweden, Oliver Ekman-Larsson began dreaming about playing in the Stanley Cup Final.
It was Dec. 17, 2021, and Paul Maurice truly believed that he was done with coaching in the NHL. He was fourth all-time in games coached, sixth all-time in wins and thought he would be perfectly content with letting his career end right there.
Sergei Bobrovsky baffles his own teammates at times.
Florida’s starting goaltender has his own schedule and regimen — slowing gliding across the entirety of the ice to begin his process of getting ready in the morning, an extremely strict diet and some moves in the weight room that the Panthers say are all his own.
Panthers coach Paul Maurice downplayed the record distance separating Florida and the Edmonton Oilers in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final. He’s too focused on figuring out a plan to slow down Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, who piloted the Oilers