Panthers Avoid Historic Collapse, Beat Oilers in Game 7 to Win First Stanley Cup

Panthers Avoid Historic Collapse, Beat Oilers in Game 7 to Win First Stanley Cup
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov hoists the Stanley Cup after his team's Game 7 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Sunrise, Fla., on June 24, 2024. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP
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SUNRISE, Fla.—Aleksander Barkov put his hands at either end of the Stanley Cup and began skating away to start the celebration that the Florida Panthers have wanted forever.

And as he began to hoist hockey’s revered silver chalice for the first time, he had one thought.