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2024 Stanley Cup Final
The 2024 Stanley Cup Final 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 thirty year history.
The series began on June 8 and ended on June 24. The Panthers had home-ice advantage in the series as the team with the better regular season record, and this was the fifth consecutive Stanley Cup Final with a team from the state of Florida.
This was the furthest distance between two cities in an NHL championship series at 4,089 kilometres (2,541 miles), breaking the previous record of 4,023 km (2,500 mi), set in 2011 by the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins. This was the first Final since 1945 to see a team force a seventh game after being down 3–0, with Florida becoming the first team since that occurrence to win the title in seven games after nearly surrendering a 3–0 series lead. This was also the first Final since 2018 without any overtime.
This was Edmonton's eighth Final appearance. They had won the Stanley Cup five times, all of which came between 1984 and 1990 during their dynasty years. They lost their most recent Final appearance in 2006, against the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games.
During the offseason, the Oilers acquired forward Connor Brown and defenceman Ben Gleason via free agency. They also re-signed forward Mattias Janmark. The team started the season poorly, going 3–9–1 before firing head coach Jay Woodcroft and replacing him with Kris Knoblauch, under whom the team would rebound to make the playoffs. Edmonton signed free agent Corey Perry during the season, after Perry's contract with the Chicago Blackhawks was terminated for misconduct. Nearing the trade deadline, the team acquired centres Sam Carrick and Adam Henrique via a three-way trade; they also acquired defenceman Troy Stecher.
Captain Connor McDavid led the team in scoring with 132 points, and was third overall in the league. 100 of those points were assists, making him the fourth NHL player to record at least 100 assists in a season, and the first since Wayne Gretzky in 1990–91. Perry made his fifth Final appearance, previously winning with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007 and losing with the Dallas Stars in 2020, Montreal Canadiens in 2021, and Tampa Bay Lightning in 2022, respectively; this made him the first player to play in the Stanley Cup Final for five different teams.
The Oilers finished the regular season with 104 points via a 49–27–6 record, which gave them second place in the Pacific Division. In the first round of the playoffs, the Oilers defeated one of their rivals, the Los Angeles Kings, in five games. Edmonton then prevailed against the Vancouver Canucks in a seven-game victory in the second round. They then defeated the Dallas Stars in six games in the Western Conference final.
This was the second consecutive and third overall Final appearance for the Panthers. They lost both previous Final appearances, being swept in 1996 by the Colorado Avalanche and losing in five games to the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023.
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2024 Stanley Cup Final
The 2024 Stanley Cup Final 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 thirty year history.
The series began on June 8 and ended on June 24. The Panthers had home-ice advantage in the series as the team with the better regular season record, and this was the fifth consecutive Stanley Cup Final with a team from the state of Florida.
This was the furthest distance between two cities in an NHL championship series at 4,089 kilometres (2,541 miles), breaking the previous record of 4,023 km (2,500 mi), set in 2011 by the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins. This was the first Final since 1945 to see a team force a seventh game after being down 3–0, with Florida becoming the first team since that occurrence to win the title in seven games after nearly surrendering a 3–0 series lead. This was also the first Final since 2018 without any overtime.
This was Edmonton's eighth Final appearance. They had won the Stanley Cup five times, all of which came between 1984 and 1990 during their dynasty years. They lost their most recent Final appearance in 2006, against the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games.
During the offseason, the Oilers acquired forward Connor Brown and defenceman Ben Gleason via free agency. They also re-signed forward Mattias Janmark. The team started the season poorly, going 3–9–1 before firing head coach Jay Woodcroft and replacing him with Kris Knoblauch, under whom the team would rebound to make the playoffs. Edmonton signed free agent Corey Perry during the season, after Perry's contract with the Chicago Blackhawks was terminated for misconduct. Nearing the trade deadline, the team acquired centres Sam Carrick and Adam Henrique via a three-way trade; they also acquired defenceman Troy Stecher.
Captain Connor McDavid led the team in scoring with 132 points, and was third overall in the league. 100 of those points were assists, making him the fourth NHL player to record at least 100 assists in a season, and the first since Wayne Gretzky in 1990–91. Perry made his fifth Final appearance, previously winning with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007 and losing with the Dallas Stars in 2020, Montreal Canadiens in 2021, and Tampa Bay Lightning in 2022, respectively; this made him the first player to play in the Stanley Cup Final for five different teams.
The Oilers finished the regular season with 104 points via a 49–27–6 record, which gave them second place in the Pacific Division. In the first round of the playoffs, the Oilers defeated one of their rivals, the Los Angeles Kings, in five games. Edmonton then prevailed against the Vancouver Canucks in a seven-game victory in the second round. They then defeated the Dallas Stars in six games in the Western Conference final.
This was the second consecutive and third overall Final appearance for the Panthers. They lost both previous Final appearances, being swept in 1996 by the Colorado Avalanche and losing in five games to the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023.