Florida Panthers Win Their First Stanley Cup, Surviving Oilers’ Unlikely Comeback Attempt

David K. Li is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.

Canada will have to wait at least another year before a club north of the border can hoist the Stanley Cup. Sam Reinhart’s late second-period goal lifted the Florida Panthers to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the NHL finals on Monday, June 24, helping the home team win its first title and denying Canadian hockey fans the prized trophy’s long-awaited return north.

Just 1 1/2 weeks ago, the Panthers appeared invincible, following their 4-3 victory at Edmonton in Game 3, giving them a 3-0 series lead. The high-power Oilers, who scored the fourth-most goals in hockey this past regular season, had only put four pucks past Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky in those first three games. But those first three contests looked nothing like Games 4, 5 and 6 as Edmonton ran roughshod over Florida, scoring 18 to force Monday night’s decisive game.

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