Sam Bennett scored two goals as the Florida Panthers opened the defense of their first Stanley Cup title with a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins.

Florida in 2023 erased a 3-1 deficit to knock out a Boston team that set the NHL record for most regular-season points in NHL history in the opening round of the playoffs on its way to a surprising run to the Stanley Cup Final.

They played Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final on the giant video screens over the ice at the Florida Panthers’ home rink on Tuesday, fans cheering again when Sam Reinhart scored the go-ahead goal and getting even louder when the final seconds where shown.

The Florida Panthers are officially the defending Stanley Cup Champions. After a summer of celebration and reloading one of the most dangerous rosters in the NH

Freedom was the word that Florida coach Paul Maurice kept saying to his team over the final days of the Stanley Cup Final. Play with freedom, he said. He wanted the team loose, to remember that the work had been done, to trust what had gotten the Panthers to the final and helped them take a 3-0 lead.

Bookmakers and hockey pundits are in agreement that the Florida Panthers have a good chance of creating history this season.

Here are 10 things we predict will come to fruition for the Oilers in the months ahead. The drought makes this a bold prediction, but I guess it shouldn’t be otherwise. The Oilers are far and away the class of the Pacific Division.