Underdog Florida Panthers throwing everything at opponents on path to Stanley Cup final
Jamie Kompon was not knocked out, despite Paul Maurice’s best efforts.
Vegas or Dallas – probably Vegas, since it leads the Western Conference finals 3-0 – awaits the Panthers to decide the Stanley Cup in a series starting next week. It’ll be Florida’s second time in the title round, its first time on hockey’s biggest stage since 1996 when it was swept by Colorado. Wednesday’s game was the 2,017th for the Panthers since that Stanley Cup Final in 1996. Aleksander Barkov played in 706 of them, more than anyone else. Defenceman Aaron Ekblad played in 660. Roberto Luongo – now part of the Panthers’ front-office braintrust – stopped 16,298 shots for the Panthers in that span. They used 412 players, had 282 different goal-scorers, went through 37 goaltenders, changed coaches 16 times, changed arena names five times, and even changed arenas once.
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