Last year they needed Florida Panthers The full seven games to the final series in the NHL Against the Edmonton Oilers to decide for themselves. This time it was less enough. The clear 5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) In the night of Wednesday was the fourth victory of the Panthers, which thus the best-of-Seven series around the Stanley Cup won 4: 2.
Nico Sturm stretched the Stanley Cup as the last player of the Florida Panthers up. The German international won the most important ice hockey trophy in the world for the second time in his career. His compatriot Leon Draisaitl, on the other hand, has to wait for the fulfillment of his greatest sporting dream after a bitter disappointment: As in the past year, Edmonton failed on the Panthers, this time after six out of seven possible games.
When asked about possible teachings from the bankruptcy, Draisaitl was a bit eaten. “I’m disappointed. The teaching is that we have not won. Nobody is interested. We have decided to win again and have lost again and stand there with empty hands. The goal must be to come back”, said Draisaitl and added: “We scored too few goals and collected too many, making too many mistakes.”
No goal shot for Leon Draisaitl
Draisaitl scored 11 goals in 22 playoff games this season and prepared 22 – in Sunrise a little outside the Miami metropolis, but on Tuesday evening (local time) he did not score a single shot on the goal of the hosts. Also his teammate Connor McDavid Was not the main actor this time, but Sam Reinhart With four goals for the Panthers.
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“It’s not easy to come back. You know how hard it is. Sometimes it helps, sometimes not. But now we are here and have managed this task“, said Pure. A year ago, the Florida team won the first three games against the Oilers, but then collected three defeats in series, so that there was a decisive seventh game. The Panthers won this almost 2-1.
Ice hall in Florida becomes a nightmare
Once again, the ice rink in Florida was a place of bitter disappointment with the Canadians and exuberant jubations at the Panthers – However, the final series was previously decided than last year. After four games, it was 2-2 after Siegen, but then they took over Panthers The control. In Edmonton There was a 5: 2, at the first opportunity they made the championship perfect at home.
“We lost to a really good team”said McDavid. “Nobody gave up, nobody threw the towel, but that’s just a damn good team. They defended the Stanley Cup for good reason.”
Panthers meet early and play almost flawlessly
Three days after their victory in Edmonton, the hosts led 2-0 after the first third. Pure Had hit 1-0 in the fifth minute, Matthew Tkachuk scored the second goal 47 seconds before the siren. A dropout of Oilers goalkeeper Stuart Skinner Afterwards, Reinhart enabled his second goal.
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The panthers allowed themselves hardly any visible mistakes and again hit ice cold than the Oilers Tired her goalkeeper seven minutes before the end and tried it with six field players: 26 seconds later scored Pure In the empty gate to 4-0.
Canada and waiting for a long time
When he marked his fourth goal of the day at 5-0, the game was already decided. Wassili Podkolsin’s gate was a pure cosmetic of results. Sam Bennett won the award for the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup playoffs. In the most important phase of the season, he scored 15 goals for the Panthers And prepared another seven hits.
Kanada has been waiting since 1993 that once again a team with the maple leaf wins the Stanley Cup. 32 years ago that were the Montreal Canadiens.