Recap of Stanley Cup Closing Sport 5 from 14 June

Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett, former division rivals turned teammates, have now mixed for 11 targets within the 2025 Stanley Cup Closing after totaling three in Florida’s record-tying Sport 5 victory in Edmonton – which supplies them an opportunity to grow to be the primary crew in 37 years to clinch back-to-back Cups on dwelling ice.

* The Panthers will take their first crack at securing a repeat after they host the Oilers for Sport 6 on Tuesday in Dawn (8 p.m. ET on TNT, Max, truTV, Sportsnet, TVA Sports activities & CBC).

* Captain Connor McDavid and 40-year-old Corey Perry offered the targets for Edmonton, who might want to match a franchise document for highway wins in a single postseason so as to drive a second straight Sport 7 towards Florida. The one groups in League historical past to go head-to-head in Sport 7 of the Stanley Cup Closing in consecutive years had been the Pink Wings and Canadiens 70 years in the past.

FLORIDA’S RECORD-SETTING ROAD WIN GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO CLINCH AT HOME

The Stanley Cup will likely be within the constructing Tuesday and it may as soon as once more be lifted by the hosts because the Panthers claimed an NHL record-tying tenth highway victory to place themselves ready to win their second straight championship in Dawn. Florida can grow to be the eighth crew in NHL historical past – and first since Edmonton 37 years in the past – to repeat as Cup champions by clinching each on dwelling ice.

* Florida’s high-powered offense has gotten it to inside a win of one other Cup and on Saturday they constructed on their NHL document for highway targets in a single playoff yr (61) and climbed into eighth place for essentially the most whole targets in a single postseason (89, essentially the most by any crew in 31 years) – contributing to the very best scoring Stanley Cup Closing in 15 years (39 targets in 5 GP).

FORMER FOES NOW DYNAMIC DUO AS MARCHAND, BENNETT AGAIN LIFT CATS

5 video games into their first Stanley Cup Closing collectively, after battling as division rivals for elements of 5 seasons, the Panthers duo of Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett mixed for 3 targets in Sport 5 – and now have 11 collectively this sequence – to realize a uncommon feat and energy the Florida offense as soon as once more. Each Marchand and Bennett have scored in 4 video games this sequence (all however Sport 4), with Marchand’s multi-goal effort giving him six whole targets towards Edmonton for a slight edge on Bennett (5) for the sequence lead.

* Marchand and Bennett turned the primary teammates in 52 years – and sixth in NHL historical past – to every tally 5 targets in the identical Closing. If Bennett provides one other, they may grow to be the primary teammates ever to every have six targets in a Closing.

* Marchand’s six targets towards Edmonton are essentially the most by any participant within the Closing since Esa Tikkanen in 1988 (6 w/ EDM, together with one within the suspended recreation); the final earlier than Tikkanen was Wayne Gretzky in 1985 (7 w/ EDM). The 37-year-old Marchand now has 13 profession targets within the Closing – one among 17 gamers within the 107-year historical past of the League who could make that declare (and one among seven who’ve gathered as many within the League’s growth period).

* Bennett scored his playoff-leading fifteenth aim, the fourth energetic participant with as many targets in a single postseason following Zach Hyman (16 in 2024 w/ EDM), Alex Ovechkin (15 in 2018 w/ WSH) and Sidney Crosby (15 in 2009 w/ PIT).

* Marchand, looking for his first Cup since profitable as a rookie with the 2011 Bruins (5-2—7 in SCF; 7 GP), turned the primary participant in NHL historical past to attain five-plus targets in a number of Stanley Cup Closing sequence with completely different groups. Total, he was the seventh participant in NHL historical past to realize the feat with any membership and second to take action within the growth period (since 1967-68), alongside Mario Lemieux.

PANTHERS RESPOND WITH RECORD-TYING ROAD PERFORMANCE

After turning into the primary dwelling crew in 106 years to give up a three-goal lead in a Stanley Cup Closing defeat, the Panthers responded with a record-tying highway feat in Sport 5 by claiming their tenth win as guests this postseason. Florida can “deliver it dwelling” and grow to be the third Cup-winning crew in NHL historical past that began 4 sequence as guests, following the 2012 Kings and 1995 Devils.

* Sam Bennett prolonged his NHL document for many highway tallies in a single postseason (13) and have become the fifth participant in Stanley Cup Playoffs historical past with a six-game highway aim streak.

* Bennett and Brad Marchand have mixed for 9 of the 13 highway targets Florida has tallied on this sequence. Marchand turned the third NHL participant to attain a number of targets in consecutive highway video games throughout a championship sequence, after Joe Mullen (2 GP in 1989) and Don Grosso (2 GP in 1942). Of be aware, Cyclone Taylor (4 GP in 1918) and Frank Foyston (2 GP in 1920) additionally achieved the feat towards NHL groups with the Pacific Coast Hockey League’s Vancouver Millionaires and Seattle Metropolitans, respectively.

* Marchand turned the primary NHL participant in additional than 100 years with five-plus highway targets in a Closing and simply the third all-time, following Jack Darragh (5 in 1921) and Newsy Lalonde (6 in 1919). Taylor (9 in 1918), Foyston (6 in 1920), Jack Adams (6 in 1922) and Mickey MacKay (5 in 1918) additionally achieved the feat with PCHA golf equipment.

* Sergei Bobrovsky (19 saves) tied the NHL document for many highway wins in a single postseason by a goaltender (10), final achieved by Jordan Binnington with the 2019 Blues. Of be aware, Andrei Vasilevskiy (2020 TBL) and Anton Khudobin (2020 DAL) had 10 wins because the highway crew within the neutral-site bubbles at Rogers Place and Scotiabank Enviornment.

QUICK CLICKS

* Brad Marchand comes up massive once more, Sam Bennett stays sizzling in Sport 5 of Stanley Cup Closing* Caleb Desnoyers drawing comparisons to Patrice Bergeron, Jonathan Toews forward of NHL Draft* Brady Martin making ready for 2025 NHL Draft, later profession on household’s dairy farm* Commissioner Gary Bettman joins NHL in ASL throughout first intermission in Sport 5

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