News about Brandon Montour

Whichever way the 2024 Stanley Cup Final ends, a drought will be ended for one of the two teams in it. On one side there's the Florida Panthers - a team who has been this far twice and has fallen both times: once in 1996 to the Colorado Avalanche and last year to the Vegas Golden Knights. Then there's the Edmonton Oilers - who haven't touched the Stanley Cup since 1990. They also carry the burden of Canada upon their shoulders, as the Great White North hasn't hoisted the trophy in 31 years.

Consider the Toronto Maple Leafs as the most complete NHL elite to be completely confounded by the eighth-seeded Florida Panthers. The Panthers defeated the Leafs 3-2 in Toronto on Thursday, giving them a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals following their first-round upset of the top-seeded Boston Bruins. Sheldon Keefe, the Leafs' head coach, was particularly worried about the Panthers' second-period results, in which the Panthers scored two unanswered goals. 'Disappointing' Keefe said, 'Baffling.' We didn't make those mistakes one time in the last series [first round against Tampa].'

The Florida Panthers shocked the Boston Bruins out of the NHL playoffs with a dramatic Game 7 win in overtime, a surprise that 'nobody in the world' may have predicted.' Brandon Montour tied it with 1 minute left in regulation, and Carter Verhaeghe scored the game-winner at 8:35 in overtime. After falling behind 3-1 in the best-of-seven series, the Panthers won three straight. Boston, the Presidents' Trophy winners with NHL records of 65 wins and 135 points, had not lost three in a row all season.

After surviving a dramatic third period to defeat the Boston Bruins, 7-5 in Friday's Game 6, the Florida Panthers are still alive in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. The game now shifts back to Boston, where the highly favored Bruins will try to prevent elimination - and embarrassment - in Game 7 on Sunday. The two teams combined for seven third-period goals, three of which occurred in a four-minute span in the middle of the game.

The top-seeded Bruins instead tried to beat Florida players with their fists at the end of their 6-3 loss in Boston on Wednesday night, failing to beat the Panthers in rules. The surprising result ended their first-round series at 1-1, igniting tensions between the Panthers and the heavily favored Bruins, who suffered a third-period defeat on Wednesday while yielding four goals in the frame. As Bruins fans marched away from the exits in the game's waning moments, Boston's Trent Frederic was seen tangling with Florida's Ryan Lomberg in other fights. Brandon Montour broke a 2-2 tie in the third period, Carter Verhaeghe scored another for Florida, and Eetu Luostarinen added an empty netter for second, making it 6-2.