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Florida Panthers beat Edmonton Oilers 2-1 to win Stanley Cup final
The Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 to win ice hockey's Stanley Cup for the first time on Monday as Canada's 31-year title drought continued.
Goals from Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Reinhart sealed a 4-3 series victory for the Panthers against an Oilers outfit who had rallied from 3-0 down to force a decisive game seven.
Edmonton had been bidding to become the first team from Canada since the Montreal Canadiens in 1993 to win the National Hockey League's championship.
The Oilers were also attempting to become only the second team in NHL history to overturn a 3-0 deficit to win the Stanley Cup.
But the Panthers -- beaten by Las Vegas in last year's Stanley Cup Final -- were in no mood to let victory slip away for a second straight year.
Roared on by their home fans at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers surged into the lead after only 4min 27sec of the opening period.
Right wing Evan Rodrigues smashed a shot from wide on the left and Verhaeghe was on hand in the goalmouth to tip in past Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner.
Edmonton however silenced the home fans soon afterwards with a superb equaliser.
Cody Ceci's long pass split the Florida defense and was collected by Mattias Janmark, who glided towards the Panthers net and coolly tucked away a finish past Florida's Russian goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.
Florida regained the lead however in the second period after a breathless passage of play that started with defender Dmitry Kulikov desperately shoveling away the puck on the goal line to prevent a certain Oilers score.
Florida's Sam Reinhart gathered and swept up the wing and let rip with a long-range snap shot that flew past Skinner for the score.
Sam Bennett almost made it 3-1 to Florida in the third period only to be denied by a brilliant Skinner save.
As the tension mounted, Edmonton laid siege to the Florida goal and only some last-ditch defending kept the Oilers at bay.
F.Schneider--AMWN