Which team did the Florida Panthers defeat in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final?

The Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final.

Florida won the best-of-seven series four games to three, capturing the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. The Panthers built a 3–0 series lead before Edmonton rallied to force a seventh game, creating one of the most dramatic comebacks in Final history—even though Florida ultimately won Game 7.

The decisive game was played on June 24, 2024, at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. Sam Reinhart scored the championship-winning goal in the second period, while goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky helped preserve Florida’s 2–1 victory. Aleksander Barkov became the first Finland-born captain to lift the Stanley Cup.

A common mix-up is to remember Edmonton’s late-series surge and assume the Oilers completed the comeback. They did not: Edmonton won Games 4, 5, and 6, but Florida prevailed in the winner-take-all finale. The Oilers’ Connor McDavid still won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, despite playing for the losing team.