Carter Verhaeghe and Evan Rodrigues scored for the Panthers early and Sergei Bobrovsky was brilliant in the net for Florida, which is now three victories away from winning its first Stanley Cup
Vladimir Tarasenko #10 of the Florida Panthers shoots the puck against Mattias Janmark #13 of the Edmonton Oilers during the third period in Game One of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 8, 2024 in Sunrise, Florida.Back in the Stanley Cup final for the first time in 18 years, the Oilers fell to the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Saturday in the opening game of the best-of-seven series for hockey supremacy.
Game 1 has been won by the home team in nine of the last 11 years. The team that has won Game 1 has also gone on to capture the Stanley Cup 76 per cent of the time. “It took us a while to get here, but we were young kids at the start and the weight of the world was on our shoulders,” Draisaitl, who has played with the Oilers for 10 years, said early in the day. “We weren’t ready for that yet. This has been a long time coming for us.The Panthers, who joined the league as an expansion franchise, were looking forward to a chance at redemption after their defeat in 2023.
He stopped McDavid after a slight-of-hand move in front of the net, stopped Adam Henrique on a breakaway, did a belly flop to stymie McDavid a second time on a power play and made a lunging glove save on a slap shot by Mattias Ekholm. “Everybody is different, every coach is different, and it seems to me, as you age, you get a different perspective on life and what’s important and valuable,” Maurice said at the Stanley Cup media day on Friday. “I’m 30 years into this thing and I wouldn’t mind winning one.”
Likely headed for the Hall of Fame, Bobrovsky is 13-5 in the 2023-24 playoffs and has surrendered two or fewer goals in 11 of his last 12 outings. On Saturday, he had 33 saves. He has played in 700 regular-season games and has won the Vezina Trophy awarded to the league’s best goaltender twice.
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