Vegas-Carolina Stanley Cup Final by numbers through 3 games
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The Stanley Cup is the biggest event in professional hockey. It routinely gets millions of viewers a year, and the numbers continue to grow. In 2024 alone, the Stanley Cup Final averaged 8.8 million viewers.
While the Florida Panthers celebrate a grueling Stanley Cup victory over the Edmonton Oilers, the other 28 teams across the NHL continue to look for ways to get better in hopes of one day hoisting the most coveted prize in professional hockey in victory.
The only player in this year’s Stanley Cup Final to have been drafted by the other team is Vegas defenseman Noah Hanifin, who was taken with the No. 5 pick by the Hurricanes in the 2015 draft.
This year's Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers, with Game 1 on Saturday (8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN+), comes with many fascinating unknowns. For instance, it's unknown whether the battle of best player versus best team will be ...
The Florida Panthers hoist the Stanley Cup after winning game six of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers at Amerant Bank Arena. Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The Panthers’ consecutive titles in 2024 and 2025 underscore the ...