Florida Panthers win Stanley Cup with 2-1 Game 7 win over Oilers

Despite the gaudy numbers, the Oilers superstar captain couldn’t push his team over the top — and the Panthers secured their first Stanley Cup.

Mattias Janmark replied for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner stopped 19 shots as the championship drought for Canadian-based teams now stands at 31 years dating back to the Montreal Canadiens’ victory in 1993. Edmonton was aiming to become the fifth club to win a best-of-seven series after trailing 3-0 — and just the second in the final, joining the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs some 82 years ago.

The Panthers snapped a 1-1 tie at 15:11 of the second period after a breathtaking, back-and-forth six minutes of action when Reinhart fired a shot short side on Skinner for his 10th goal of the playoffs. McDavid’s 42 points in the playoffs — including record-setting, back-to-back four-point performances in Game 4 and Game 5 — are the most ever by a player in a single post-season not named Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux. He also set a playoff record with 34 assists, but was held off the scoresheet in the final two contests. He was still named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

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