When the other side has the best player in the world and a comeback story, it’s easy to get pushed out of the narrative. That’s what happened to Florida in the lead-up to this game and none of it m…
In one of those serendipitous moments, the camera just happened to be on Paul Maurice when Spencer Knight handed him the Stanley Cup.
There is an obvious temptation to make this about the Oilers, about Connor McDavid going scoreless in Games 6 and 7, about Leon Draisaitl going without a goal for the series, about the failure to pull off a comeback from 3-0 down.Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating Edmonton Oilers in game seven of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final.
And aside from letting Mattias Janmark up the ice for a breakaway goal in the first, it’s tough to find any mistakes that Florida actually made.Mattias Janmark #13 of the Edmonton Oilers reacts after scoring a goal on goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers in the first period.
The plays that won Florida this game were made by a complete cast of characters up and down the roster. Gustav Forsling made a dive to knock the puck out of McDavid’s grasp after the playoff MVP got the puck down low with a chance to shoot with just over seven minutes to go in the game. Aaron Ekblad forced Zach Hyman to his backhand after the rubber fell from McDavid to him, allowing Bobrovsky to swallow it up.
Aleksander Barkov, along with the Ekblad-Forsling pair, shut down McDavid on Monday. The Panthers did not chase matchups against Draisaitl the same way, but gave the German no space to operate for seven long games and stopped one of the league’s great goal-scorers from scoring once.Florida Panthers forward Carter Verhaeghe tips in the puck to score against Edmonton Oilers goaltender Skinner Stuart during the first period in game seven of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final.
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