They are the NHL’s first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21 and the third team to do it this century.

The Panthers, thanks to a historic four-goal night from Sam Reinhart, rolled over the Edmonton Oilers and grabbed a dominant 5-1 win in Game 6 on Tuesday night at Amerant Bank Arena in South Florida. That officially closed out the series 4-2 and gave the Panthers back-to-back titles and their second championship in franchise history.

Tuesday night's Game 6 was a clinic by the Panthers, who won their second-straight Stanley Cup over the Edmonton Oilers in dominant 5-1 fashion. In doing so, however, the brutal curse that continues to haunt Perry once again remains unbroken in a cruel twist of fate.

On June 9, 1993, the Montreal Canadiens passed around the Stanley Cup after beating the Los Angeles Kings in five games. Jurassic Park was mauling its competition at the box office. Roseanne and Home Improvement were on just about every TV in America. Janet Jackson's "That's the Way Love Goes" was topping the billboard charts.

While there are many aspects of city life that bond Chicagoland residents, there is little that compares to the pride our many professional sports teams bring, especially when they are winning. A little over ten years ago,

Paul Maurice figured the third line alongside young Finns Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen was the perfect place for Brad Marchand, and it has worked out swimmingly.

The Florida Panthers can close out the Stanley Cup Final Tuesday with a win in Game 6. Matthew Tkachuk said the Panthers must approach it with the urgency of Game 7 so that the Oilers don't force a winner-take-all game in Edmonton.

Right now, Sam Reinhart and Connor McDavid are both going for the Stanley Cup, and only one of them will be victorious.