2024 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) |
Edmonton:
Rogers Place Sunrise: Amerant Bank Arena | ||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | Edmonton:
Kris Knoblauch Florida: Paul Maurice | ||||||||||||||||||
Captains | Edmonton:
Connor McDavid Florida: Aleksander Barkov | ||||||||||||||||||
National anthems | Edmonton: Robert Clark Florida: G1: Madison Watkins ( American) Jon Acosta ( Canadian) G2: Gina Miles (American) Hannah Walpole (Canadian) | ||||||||||||||||||
Referees | Jean Hebert (2), Steve Kozari (1), Dan O'Rourke (1), Chris Rooney (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Dates | June 8–24, 2024 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Networks | Canada: ( 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 is the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2023–24 season and the culmination of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. The series is being contested between the Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers and the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. The series began on June 8, with a possible seventh game scheduled for June 24. [1] The Panthers have home ice advantage in the series as the team with the better regular season record. This is the fifth consecutive Finals to feature a team from the state of Florida. [2] This is the furthest distance between two cities in NHL history for the Finals with 4,089 kilometres (2,541 miles), breaking the previous record of 4,023 kilometres (2,500 miles) by the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins in 2011. [3]
This is Edmonton's eighth Finals appearance. They have won the Stanley Cup five times, all of which came between 1984 and 1990 during their dynasty years. [4] They lost their most recent Finals appearance in 2006, against the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games. [5]
During the offseason, the Oilers acquired forward Connor Brown and defenceman Ben Gleason via free agency. [6] [7] They also re-signed forward Mattias Janmark. [8] The team started the season poorly, going 3–9–1 before firing head coach Jay Woodcroft and replacing him with Kris Knoblauch. The team rebounded greatly finishing with a 46–18–5 record under Knoblauch. [9] Edmonton then signed free agent Corey Perry during the season, after Perry's existing contract with the Chicago Blackhawks was terminated for misconduct. [10] [11] Nearing the trade deadline, the team acquired centres Sam Carrick and Adam Henrique via a three-way trade; [12] they also acquired defenceman Troy Stecher. [13]
Captain Connor McDavid led the team in scoring with 132 points. [14] 100 of those points were assists, making him the fourth NHL player to record at least 100 assists in a season, the most recent being Wayne Gretzky in 1990–91. [15] Perry is making his fifth Finals appearance, previously winning with the Anaheim Ducks and losing with the Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadiens, and Tampa Bay Lightning; this makes him the first player to play in the Stanley Cup Finals for five different teams. [16]
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. [17] Edmonton then gained a seven-game victory against the Vancouver Canucks in the second round. [18] They then defeated the Dallas Stars in six games in the conference finals. [19]
This is the second consecutive and third overall Finals appearance for the Panthers. They lost both previous Finals appearances, being swept in four games in 1996 by the Colorado Avalanche and losing in five games to the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023. [20]
During the offseason, the Panthers signed defencemen Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Dmitry Kulikov, forward Evan Rodrigues, and goaltender Anthony Stolarz in free agency. [21] [22] [23] They also re-signed Eetu Luostarinen and traded for Steven Lorentz. [24] [25] At the trade deadline, the team acquired Vladimir Tarasenko, Magnus Hellberg, and Kyle Okposo. [26] [27] [28] They also acquired Tobias Bjornfot via waivers. [29] They also re-signed Gustav Forsling shortly before the trade deadline. [30]
Sam Reinhart led the team in scoring with 57 goals and 94 points. [31]
The Panthers finished first in the Atlantic Division with 110 points via a 52–24–6 record. In the first round, they defeated their intra-state rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in five games. [32] In the second round, they won in six games against the Boston Bruins in a rematch from the previous season's first round. [33] In the Eastern Conference final, they faced the New York Rangers, who had won the Presidents' Trophy by having the best regular season record, and defeated them in six games. [34]
June 8 | Edmonton Oilers | 0–3 | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | Recap |
In game one, Florida took a 1–0 lead four minutes into the first period when Carter Verhaeghe received a pass from Aleksander Barkov, beating Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner with a wrist shot. [35] Two minutes into the second period, Evan Rodrigues scored to make it 2–0 after receiving a centering pass from Sam Bennett. [36] Late in the third period, Edmonton pulled their goaltender for an extra attacker, but with five seconds remaining, Eetu Luostarinen scored an empty net goal to make the final score 3–0. [37] Edmonton recorded 32 shots on goal in the game against Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who saved them all in a shutout. [38]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | FLA | Carter Verhaeghe (10) | Aleksander Barkov (12), Sam Reinhart (5) | 03:59 | 1–0 FLA |
2nd | FLA | Evan Rodrigues (4) | Sam Bennett (5), Brandon Montour (7) | 02:16 | 2–0 FLA |
3rd | FLA | Eetu Luostarinen (2) – en | Aleksander Barkov (13) | 19:55 | 3–0 FLA |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | EDM | Mattias Ekholm | Tripping | 07:33 | 2:00 |
FLA | Gustav Forsling | Tripping | 14:53 | 2:00 | |
FLA | Carter Verhaeghe | Tripping | 19:51 | 2:00 | |
2nd | FLA | Kevin Stenlund | Roughing | 10:24 | 2:00 |
FLA | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Roughing | 10:24 | 2:00 | |
EDM | Connor Brown | Roughing | 10:24 | 2:00 | |
EDM | Mattias Janmark | Roughing | 10:24 | 2:00 | |
FLA | Sam Bennett | Interference | 10:38 | 2:00 | |
3rd | EDM | Corey Perry | Interference | 06:47 | 2:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
EDM | 12 | 13 | 7 | 32 | |
FLA | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
June 10 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–4 | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | Recap |
During the first period of game two, Edmonton forward Warren Foegele kneed Panthers forward Eetu Luostarinen, resulting in a match penalty as well as a game misconduct for Foegele. [39] Luostarinen continued to play in the game. [39] Whilst on the subsequent five-minute power play, defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson was penalized for tripping, resulting in a four-on-four, during which an Oilers rush resulted in their first shot from Mattias Ekholm going past goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky for a 1–0 lead. [40] [41] In the second period, Niko Mikkola tied the game for the Panthers, taking a drop-pass from Anton Lundell and snapping a shot past Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner. [42] In third period, Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues broke the tie, picking off a clearing attempt by Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard to put the puck past Skinner for a 2–1 lead. [43] With less than ten minutes in the game, Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl was called for roughing and on the ensuing power play, Lundell passed to Rodrigues, who scored again to give the Panthers a 3–1 lead and end Edmonton's streak of 34 consecutive penalty kills. [44] The Oilers then brought on an extra attacker, but Aaron Ekblad scored into the empty net for the Panthers, sealing a 4–1 victory for Florida. [45] [46]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | EDM | Mattias Ekholm (5) | Connor McDavid (27), Evan Bouchard (22) | 11:17 | 1–0 EDM |
2nd | FLA | Niko Mikkola (2) | Anton Lundell (10), Vladimir Tarasenko (4) | 09:34 | 1–1 |
3rd | FLA | Evan Rodrigues (5) | Unassisted | 03:11 | 2–1 FLA |
FLA | Evan Rodrigues (6) – pp | Anton Lundell (11), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (4) | 12:26 | 3–1 FLA | |
FLA | Aaron Ekblad (1) – en | Sam Bennett (6) | 17:32 | 4–1 FLA | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | FLA | Sam Bennett | Tripping | 06:10 | 2:00 |
EDM | Warren Foegele | Game misconduct | 09:21 | 10:00 | |
EDM | Warren Foegele | Kneeing | 09:21 | 5:00 | |
FLA | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Tripping | 10:58 | 2:00 | |
EDM | Evan Bouchard | Roughing | 19:13 | 2:00 | |
2nd | FLA | Matthew Tkachuk | Hooking | 00:41 | 2:00 |
FLA | Carter Verhaeghe | Tripping | 13:55 | 2:00 | |
EDM | Evan Bouchard | Slashing | 16:20 | 2:00 | |
3rd | EDM | Leon Draisaitl | Roughing | 10:32 | 2:00 |
EDM | Evander Kane | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 13:14 | 2:00 | |
FLA | Brandon Montour | Roughing | 13:14 | 2:00 | |
FLA | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Delay of game (puck over glass) | 15:06 | 2:00 | |
EDM | Sam Carrick | Slashing | 18:01 | 2:00 | |
EDM | Sam Carrick | Misconduct | 18:01 | 10:00 | |
EDM | Vincent Desharnais | Misconduct | 18:01 | 10:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
EDM | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | |
FLA | 9 | 13 | 7 | 29 |
June 13 | Florida Panthers | 8:00 p.m. | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | ABC, CBC, SN |
June 15 | Florida Panthers | 8:00 p.m. | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | ABC, CBC, SN |
June 18 | Edmonton Oilers | 8:00 p.m. | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | ABC, CBC, SN |
June 21 | Florida Panthers | 8:00 p.m. | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | ABC, CBC, SN |
June 24 | Edmonton Oilers | 8:00 p.m. | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | ABC, CBC, SN |
Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.
In Canada, this is the tenth consecutive Stanley Cup Finals broadcast by Sportsnet and CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French. [1] The series is also being streamed on Sportsnet+, but no longer available on CBC Gem like in previous years. [56]
In the United States, the series is being televised on ABC and streamed on ESPN+. [1] This is the third year of a seven-year deal in which ABC/ESPN+ will show the Finals in even years and TNT/ Max will televise the series in odd years. [57] [58]
For the first time, the Finals are being broadcast with commentary and analysis in American Sign Language for the benefit of the Deaf community on both ESPN+ and Sportsnet+. [59] [60]