After Mattias Janmark’s goal, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Reinhart scored for the Panthers to complete a 2-1 victory and 4-3 series triumph.
Despite being behind 3-0 in the series, the Oilers battled back to force a decisive game.
Paul Maurice, the coach at Florida, stated, “I’ve been chasing that for a long time.”
Nothing’s simple, and it was done in true Florida Panther form. For us, nothing is simple.”
The Oilers wanted to win the Stanley Cup and become only the second club in NHL history to come back from a 3-0 hole.
In the seventh and final game of the series, Florida held home advantage, and it only required it.
The Canadian striker deflected a shot from Evan Rodrigues past Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner.
After grabbing Cody Ceci’s ball and scoring calmly, Janmark tied the score for the visitors.
In the second period, shortly after the Oilers’ attempt was shovelled off the goal line, Reinhart scored the game’s winning goal.
“They say this is the hardest trophy to win in sports, and you can’t imagine how hard it is, until you do it,” Rodrigues stated.
