Soon, the most important number is clearly two.
Two Stanley Cups in two years.
However, the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers have plenty of other numbers to help tell the story of their second consecutive victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup final.
So, for some hot statistics from the Cup Finals, continue reading below.
1: Number of Europeans captaining the team in two Stanley Cups. After becoming the first Finnish-born player to captain a Cup team last year, Alexander Barkov is now the first European to captain multiple championship teams. He also became the second player to win the Cup and Frank J. Selke Trophy in the same season.
3: The Panthers have at least five goals in the Stanley Cup final. Sam Reinhart (7), Brad Merchand (6) and Sam Bennett (5), who share the scoring load, all lit the ramp at least five times. The only example of this outbreak came in 1955 when Alex Delvecchio (6), Gordy Howe (5) and Ted Lindsay (5) scored at least five points for the Detroit Red Wings.
52.7%: Florida’s face-off win rate. The Panthers also won the battle at Dot. Alexander Barkov shattered it in the circle to lead the Panthers in a showdown victory (84) and victory percentage (59.2%). His 84 wins are 14 more than his next best player.
3: Teams that won the Stanley Cup after starting each series on the road. The Panthers, who finished third in the Atlantic division, joined the 1995 New Jersey Devils and the 2012 Los Angeles Kings, as the only club to capture the Cup after being the lowest seeded each time.
-14: A plus/minus total rating for Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. The Panthers were appointed to the task defensively against top two scorers in the playoffs. They were combined with 15 points (5 goals, 10 assists), but McDavid and Draisaitl looked far from their normal selves against the Panthers. Before the Cup final, Edmonton’s dynamic forward duo had a +21 plus/negative combination.
3: Carter Werhege’s Stanley Cup. “Swaggy,” the only player to win a cup for both the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Panthers, is the first player to win three championships before he turned 30 after Pittsburgh Penguin captain Sidney Crosby returned in 2017.
4: Sam Reinhart’s goal in Game 6. A rare feat, Reinhardt became the second player in NHL history to score four goals in a Stanley Cup clinching victory, following Toronto St. Patrick’s Babe Dye in 1922.
5: Panthers Game 6 goal. Despite being the top defensive team this postseason, the Panthers were also able to be the best offensive. In a Stanley Cup clinching victory, they scored at least five goals in the 13th postseason, tying the 1983 New York Islander with the second most instances in one playoff run.
7: Sam Reinhart’s goal in the Stanley Cup final. Reinhart, who scored every player in the first Cup final in 40 years, was comparable to the only four players in the last 102 years, including Wayne Gretzky (7 in 1985), Mike Boss (7 in 1982) and Jean Berivet (7 in 1956) to achieve that feat.
8: Number of teams that won consecutive Stanley Cups at home. When they defeated the Oilers at Amerant Bank Arena in the second season, the Panthers became a back-to-back team at home in 1988.
30.4%: Florida’s power play rate. Despite Edmonton’s Man Advantage gaining headlines heading into the series, the Panthers were the most frequently executed in power plays. They helped the Panthers go 7-7 with additional attackers, with five different players scoring multiple power play points in the series.
8: The number of first Stanley Cup winners currently meeting criteria to engrave names on trophies. This list includes players such as Nate Schmidt, AJ Greer, Tomas Nosek, and Seth Jones. The eight first-time eligible players in Florida are the second most repeat champions.
9: There is the number one choice in the franchise that has won multiple Stanley Cups. Welcome to the club, Aaron Eckblood! After being selected by the Panthers for the top pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, the top pair defenders averaged 27:10 per game in the Cup final.
10: The franchise was repeated as Stanley Cup champions. The Panthers, who will be joining the elite group, are the first teams they’ve repeated since cross-state rivals Tampa Bay Lightning brought the cup home in 2020 and 2021. Looking forward to the next season, the Panthers will chase after the sixth three Pete in NHL history.
82.6%: Florida’s penalty kill percentage in the Stanley Cup final. After joining the series that works at 30% on Power Play, the Oilers converted for just 17.4% of their trip to male advantage over the Panthers. Playing a major role in its success, Gustav led the Panthers in Ice Time, short for the series (22:50) and Aaron Eckbrad (18:32).
10: Number of general managers who win multiple Stanley Cups within the first five seasons of the job. Taking off one of the most notable turnarounds in NHL history, Bill Jeet wasted no time making his mark with the Panthers. From drafting to free agency to trading, the already legendary general manager pressed all the right buttons.
255:49: The time the Panthers led in the Stanley Cup final. No team in NHL history has spent as much time as the Panthers leading. This is an especially impressive feat as the series only plays six games. Enjoying a rather stress-free Game 6, they led 55:36 in the 60 minutes in a cup-packed victory thanks to Sam Reinhart’s first term goal.
.936: Sergei Bobrovsky’s save rate, 5 against 5. Writing another chapter in his career that ultimately landed him in the Hall of Fame, Bobrovsky stopped 147 of 157 shots 5-5 in the series. 5-5, he finished the series with 3.41 goals, surpassing 3.41 goals.
76: Sam Bennett’s point in Conn Smythe’s vote. Bennett, who won the postseason, defeated Brad Marchand (68 vote points) to earn MVP, made almost every game in the Stanley Cup final. In Game 1, he scored to set the most goal club record in one postseason. This is a number that ends at 15. In Game 2, he scored the 12th road goal of the playoffs and set up a new NHL record. In Game 3, he scored to set a new team record for the longest goalsleak in one playoff year (4 games). They don’t call him a “playoff sam.”
