2024 Stanley Cup Finals

2024 Stanley Cup Finals
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Edmonton Oilers 0138551 3
Florida Panthers 3441312 4
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)Edmonton: Rogers Place
Sunrise: Amerant Bank Arena
CoachesEdmonton: Kris Knoblauch
Florida: Paul Maurice
CaptainsEdmonton: Connor McDavid
Florida: Aleksander Barkov
National anthemsEdmonton: Robert Clark
Florida: G1: Madison Watkins (American)
Jon Acosta (Canadian)
G2: Gina Miles (American)
Hannah Walpole (Canadian)
G5: Brooke Alexx (American)
Beverly Hodgson (Canadian)
G7: Alanis Morissette
Referees
DatesJune 8–24, 2024[1]
MVPConnor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Series-winning goalSam Reinhart (15:11, second, G7)
NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC/Sportsnet
(French): TVA Sports
United States:
(English): ABC/ESPN+
Announcers(CBC/SN) Chris Cuthbert and Craig Simpson
(ABC) Sean McDonough and Ray Ferraro
(NHL International) E. J. Hradek and Kevin Weekes
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The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2023–24 season and the culmination of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers defeated the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers four games to three in the best-of-seven series, earning their first championship in their thirtieth season.

The series began on June 8, and ended on June 24.[1] The Panthers had home-ice advantage in the series as the team with the better regular season record. This was the fifth consecutive Finals featuring a team from Florida.[2]

This was the farthest distance between two cities for a Finals matchup in NHL history with 4,089 kilometres (2,541 miles), breaking the previous record of 4,023 kilometres (2,500 miles) set by the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins in 2011.[3] This was the first Finals since 1945 to see a team force a seventh game after being down 3–0,[4][5] with Florida becoming the first team since that occurrence to win the title in seven games after surrendering a 3–0 series lead.[6] This was also the first Stanley Cup Final since 2018 where no games went to overtime,[7] and the first since 2019 in which the losing team scored more goals.

  1. ^ a b "2024 Stanley Cup Final schedule announced". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  2. ^ Baer, Jack; Leahy, Sean (June 1, 2024). "NHL playoffs: Panthers knock off Rangers to reach 2nd straight Stanley Cup Final". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Zeglinski, Robert (June 4, 2024). "Here's the record travel distance for the Panthers and Oilers during the 2024 Stanley Cup Final". USA Today. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference OilersForce7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Carlson, Matt (June 23, 2024). "Edmonton Oilers Playoff Comeback: Blackhawks Rallied Within A Bounce Of Winning Playoff Series After Trailing 3-0". The Hockey News. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Game7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "All-Time Overtime Games, Playoff History". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

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