News about Sam Reinhart

Tkachuk, Aaron Ekbald, and Sam Reinhart were all at the Elbo Room Beach Bar in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday with a giant herd of Panthers fans around them to get a glimpse of hockey's ultimate prize. Beers were also poured into the Cup as fans continued to go crazy over their team's clinch of its first-ever Stanley Cup.

Both teams split goals at the end of the first period. Carter Verhaeghe gave Florida the 1-0 lead with a tip-in nearly five minutes into the opening stanza. Minutes later, Edmonton's Mattias Janmark hit a wrist shot to tie the game one-all heading into the second. Sam Reinhart would be the lone scorer in the middle period, giving the Panthers the 2-1 lead they would hold to secure their first Stanley Cup title as a franchise.

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.

Sam Reinhart's power play goal a minute and 12 seconds into overtime of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals evened the series between the Florida Panthers and the New York Rangers. The series now returns to Madison Square Garden on Thursday night with each team having won two games a piece. After the Rangers won Games 2 and 3 in overtime, this time it was Florida's turn to take a victory in extras as Reinhart made it a quick end.

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.