2024 Stanley Cup Finals

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2024 Stanley Cup Finals
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Edmonton Oilers ------- 0
Florida Panthers ------- 0
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)Edmonton: Rogers Place
Sunrise: Amerant Bank Arena
CoachesEdmonton: Kris Knoblauch
Florida: Paul Maurice
CaptainsEdmonton: Connor McDavid
Florida: Aleksander Barkov
National anthemsEdmonton: Rob Clark
Florida: TBD
DatesJune 8–24, 2024[1]
NetworksCanada:
(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
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The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals will be the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2023–24 season and the culmination of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. The series will be contested between the Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers and the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. The series is scheduled to begin on June 8, with a possible seventh game scheduled for June 24.[1] The Panthers will have home ice advantage in the series as the team with the better regular season record. For the fifth consecutive season a team from Florida made the Finals.[2] For the first time since 2021, the Finals will feature a Canada-based team.

Paths to the Finals[edit]

Edmonton Oilers[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Edmonton Oilers season

This will be Edmonton's eighth Finals appearance. They have won the Stanley Cup five times, all between 1984 and 1990.[3] They lost their most recent Finals appearance in 2006, against the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games.[4]

Prior to the season, the Oilers acquired forward Connor Brown and defenceman Ben Gleason via free agency.[5][6] They also re-signed forward Mattias Janmark.[7] The team started the season poorly, going 3–9–1 before firing head coach Jay Woodcroft and replacing him with Kris Knoblauch.[8] Edmonton then signed free agent Corey Perry during the season, after Perry's existing contract with the Chicago Blackhawks was terminated for misconduct.[9][10] Nearing the trade deadline, the team acquired centres Sam Carrick and Adam Henrique via a three-way trade;[11] they also acquired defenceman Troy Stetcher.[12]

Captain Connor McDavid led the team in scoring with 132 points.[13] 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.[14]

The Oilers finished the regular season with 104 points, 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.[15] Edmonton then gained a seven-game victory against the Vancouver Canucks in the second round.[16] They then defeated the Dallas Stars in six games in the conference finals.[17]

Florida Panthers[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Florida Panthers season

This will be 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.[18]

Prior to the season, the Panthers signed defencemen Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Dmitry Kulikov, forward Evan Rodrigues, and goaltender Anthony Stolarz in free agency.[19][20][21] They also re-signed Eetu Luostarinen and traded for Steven Lorentz.[22][23] At the trade deadline, the team acquired Vladimir Tarasenko, Magnus Hellberg, and Kyle Okposo via trades,[24][25][26] and acquired Tobias Bjornfot via waivers.[27] They also re-signed Gustav Forsling shortly before the trade deadline.[28]

Sam Reinhart led the team in scoring with 57 goals and 94 points.[29]

The Panthers finished first in the Atlantic Division with 110 points, with a 52–24–6 record. In the first playoff round, they defeated their intra-state rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in five games.[30] In the second round, they won in six games against the Boston Bruins.[31] In the Eastern Conference final they faced the New York Rangers, who had won the Presidents' Trophy by having the best regular season record. The Panthers defeated the Rangers in six games.[32]

Game summaries[edit]

Note: The numbers in parentheses represent each player's total goals or assists to that point of the entire playoffs.
Note: All times are in EDT (UTC−04:00.)

Game one[edit]

June 8 Edmonton Oilers 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena ABC, CBC, SN


Game two[edit]

June 10 Edmonton Oilers 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena ABC, CBC, SN


Game three[edit]

June 13 Florida Panthers 8:00 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place ABC, CBC, SN


Game four[edit]

June 15 Florida Panthers 8:00 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place ABC, CBC, SN


Game five[edit]

June 18 Edmonton Oilers 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena ABC, CBC, SN


Game six[edit]

June 21 Florida Panthers 8:00 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place ABC, CBC, SN


Game seven[edit]

June 24 Edmonton Oilers 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena ABC, CBC, SN


Team rosters[edit]

Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

Edmonton Oilers[edit]

Connor McDavid captained the Oilers to their eighth Finals appearance and first since 2006.
# Nat Player Position Hand Age Acquired Place of birth Finals appearance
2 Canada Evan Bouchard D R 24 2018 Oakville, Ontario first
86 Sweden Philip Broberg D L 22 2019 Orebro, Sweden first
28 Canada Connor Brown RW R 30 2023 Etobicoke, Ontario first
39 Canada Sam Carrick C R 32 2024 Markham, Ontario first
5 Canada Cody Ceci D R 30 2021 Ottawa, Ontario first
73 Canada Vincent Desharnais D R 28 2016 Laval, Quebec first
29 Germany Leon Draisaitl – A C L 28 2014 Cologne, Germany first
14 Sweden Mattias Ekholm D L 34 2023 Borlange, Sweden second (2017)
37 Canada Warren Foegele LW L 28 2021 Markham, Ontario first
19 Canada Adam Henrique C L 34 2024 Brantford, Ontario second (2012)
55 Canada Dylan Holloway LW L 22 2020 Calgary, Alberta first
18 Canada Zach Hyman LW R 31 2021 Toronto, Ontario first
13 Sweden Mattias Janmark D L 31 2022 Danderyd, Sweden second (2020)
91 Canada Evander Kane LW L 32 2022 Vancouver, British Columbia first
77 Canada Brett Kulak D L 30 2022 Stony Plain, Alberta second (2021)
97 Canada Connor McDavid – C C L 27 2015 Richmond Hill, Ontario first
71 Canada Ryan McLeod C L 24 2018 Mississauga, Ontario first
93 Canada Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – A C L 31 2011 Burnaby, British Columbia first
25 Canada Darnell Nurse – A D L 29 2013 Hamilton, Ontario first
94 Canada Corey Perry RW R 39 2024 Peterborough, Ontario fifth (2007, 2020, 2021, 2022)
30 Canada Calvin Pickard G L 32 2022 Moncton, New Brunswick first
10 United States Derek Ryan C R 37 2021 Spokane, Washington first
74 Canada Stuart Skinner G L 25 2017 Edmonton, Alberta first

Florida Panthers[edit]

Aleksander Barkov captained the Panthers to their second consecutive and third overall Finals appearance.

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# Nat Player Position Hand Age Acquired Place of birth Finals appearance
16 Finland Aleksander Barkov – C C L 28 2013 Tampere, Finland second (2023)[34]
9 Canada Sam Bennett C L 27 2021 East Gwillimbury, Ontario second (2023)[34]
72 Russia Sergei Bobrovsky G L 35 2019 Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union second (2023)[34]
21 Canada Nick Cousins C L 30 2022 Belleville, Ontario second (2023)[34]
5 Canada Aaron Ekblad – A D R 28 2014 Windsor, Ontario second (2023)[34]
91 Sweden Oliver Ekman-Larsson D L 32 2023 Karlskrona, Sweden first
42 Sweden Gustav Forsling D L 27 2021 Linköping, Sweden second (2023)[34]
7 Russia Dmitry Kulikov D L 33 2023 Lipetsk, Soviet Union first
94 Canada Ryan Lomberg LW L 29 2020 Richmond Hill, Ontario second (2023)[34]
18 Canada Steven Lorentz C L 28 2023 Kitchener, Ontario first
15 Finland Anton Lundell C L 22 2020 Espoo, Finland second (2023)[34]
27 Finland Eetu Luostarinen C L 25 2020 Siilinjärvi, Finland second (2023)[34]
77 Finland Niko Mikkola D L 28 2023 Kiiminki, Finland first
62 Canada Brandon Montour D R 30 2021 Ohsweken, Ontario second (2023)[34]
8 United States Kyle Okposo RW R 36 2024 Saint Paul, Minnesota first
13 Canada Sam Reinhart C R 28 2021 North Vancouver, British Columbia second (2023)[34]
17 Canada Evan Rodrigues C R 30 2023 Etobicoke, Ontario first
82 Sweden Kevin Stenlund C R 27 2023 Stockholm, Sweden first
41 United States Anthony Stolarz G L 30 2023 Edison, New Jersey first
10 Russia Vladimir Tarasenko RW R 32 2024 Yaroslavl, Soviet Union second (2019)[35]
19 United States Matthew Tkachuk – A LW L 26 2022 Scottsdale, Arizona second (2023)[34]
23 Canada Carter Verhaeghe C L 28 2020 Waterdown, Ontario third (2020, 2023)[36][34]

Media rights[edit]

In Canada, this will be the tenth consecutive Stanley Cup Finals broadcast by Sportsnet and CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French.[1] The series will also be streamed on Sportsnet+, but no longer available on CBC Gem like in previous years.[37]

In the United States, the series will be 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.[38][39]

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