The Edmonton Oilers had been this shut to creating historical past.
The Oilers turned the tenth workforce in NHL historical past to pressure a Game 7 after trailing three video games to none, however they could not end the job.
The Florida Panthers held on, avoiding embarrassment and holding onto a 2-1 victory on Monday evening to win their first Stanley Cup.
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Despite the loss, Oilers celebrity Connor McDavid was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner, given to the MVP of all the playoffs.
McDavid turned the primary Conn Smythe winner from the workforce to lose the Cup Final since Mighty Ducks of Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastian Gigeure in 2003, after they misplaced to the New Jersey Devils.
McDavid’s fiancée, Lauren Kyle, posted an in-memoriam of the Oilers season on her Instagram story.
“As heartbroken [as] I’m I really feel so grateful to be in Edmonton with this group,” she wrote, through the New York Post. “Just have to say how proud I’m of the whole lot we achieved this yr, win or loss. Seeing so many followers journey throughout the continent to help our workforce was so unimaginable. We have the BEST followers within the league and nobody deserves it extra. We will deliver it to Canada quickly!!”
Connor McDavid #97 of the Edmonton Oilers reacts to the Florida Panthers victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game Seven of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 24, 2024 in Sunrise, Florida. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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McDavid led all gamers in factors with 42, which is fourth-best in NHL historical past. He additionally set a playoff report with 34 assists this postseason. Only Wayne Gretzky’s 47 and 43 factors and Mario Lemieux’s 44 factors are higher than what McDavid had carried out in these playoffs.
He additionally turned the primary participant in league historical past to submit back-to-back four-point video games in Games 4 and 5 of the finals to assist the Oilers work again from a 3-0 deficit.
McDavid was held pointless in Games 6 and seven, because the Panthers stored him bottled up, although he did have some good probabilities in every sport.
Panthers followers had been chanting for Sergei Bobrovsky, the Panthers’ goalie, after Bettman named McDavid, and he actually was within the working for the trophy after his stellar efficiency in Game 7 and all through the playoffs.
Connor McDavid #97 of the Edmonton Oilers seems on throughout the first interval of Game Six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final towards the Florida Panthers at Rogers Place on June 21, 2024 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
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Despite that, it is McDavid who confirmed out in these playoffs. He must also be a frontrunner for the Hart Memorial Trophy as general league MVP this season. It can be his fourth (and second straight), and he would change into the fourth participant to win the trophy 4 occasions (Eddie Shore, Gordie Howe, and Wayne Gretzky).
Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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