Chris Johnston

13 hours ago | nytimes.com | Michael Russo |Daniel Nugent-Bowman |Chris Johnston

SUNRISE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers learned their lesson from last year. After needing four cracks to eliminate the Edmonton Oilers last season, the Panthers’ reign continued Tuesday night when they thoroughly dominated Game 6 en route to a 5-1 victory to repeat as Stanley Cup champions. It was another clinic by the Panthers, who easily beat Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers in three of their four wins in the series.

1 day ago | nytimes.com | Michael Russo |Chris Johnston

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Edmonton Oilers have traveled an awfully long road to get right back where they started. They’ve endured a harrowing two-week stretch in January that took them from west to east to west again, with stops in Seattle, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Edmonton, Minnesota, Colorado and Vancouver. They’ve started three playoff rounds on the road before this Stanley Cup Final. In all, they’ve played 103 games over 248 days, criss-crossing the continent over and over and over.

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Chris Johnston |Michael Russo

EDMONTON - Brad Marchand is the king of taking a small window of opportunity and turning it into something much grander, but this may be his finest work yet. Sitting one win shy of a second career Stanley Cup following a trade he never wanted to happen? Matching Mario Lemieux's feats in a final series against the Edmonton Oilers while lining up as the Florida Panthers' third-line left-winger?

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Michael Russo |Chris Johnston

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Edmonton Oilers defenseman Jake Walman received $10,000 in fines from the NHL on Tuesday after squirting water toward the Florida Panthers bench and punching Matthew Tkachuk in the head during an emotional Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. Walman's fines were $5,000 apiece for unsportsmanlike conduct and roughing. They were the only supplemental discipline to come from Monday's 6-1 Panthers win, which featured 140 penalty minutes - the fourth-highest total in Cup Final history.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Chris Johnston |Michael Russo

EDMONTON - With the game on his stick during a second clean breakaway look at Stuart Skinner on the night, Brad Marchand had only one thought in his mind. "Just don't forget the puck," he said. "That's the main thing. I've done that before. It's not a good feeling."Marchand evened the Stanley Cup Final with Friday's double-overtime winner in what had to be the biggest Florida Panthers goal of this season.