Back-to-Back Cats: Panthers Repeat as Stanley Cup Champions by Beating the Oilers in 6 Games

Sam Reinhart scored four goals, becoming just the fourth player in league history to get that many in a game in the final.

Florida Panthers' Sam Reinhart (13) celebrates his goal against Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner (74) as Panthers' Carter Verhaeghe (23) reacts during the first period in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in Sunrise, Fla., on June 17, 2025. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP

SUNRISE, Fla.—Stanley’s stay in South Florida is getting extended.

The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL’s first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21 and the third team to do it this century.