The Florida Panthers secured their second straight Stanley Cup Final spot, beating the New York Rangers 2-1 in Game 6, while avoiding the Prince of Wales Trophy tradition.
The Florida Panthers, driven by their coach's fresh strategy, won the Eastern Conference and will play either Edmonton or Dallas in the Stanley Cup Final. Bobrovsky excelled in defense, with Bennett and Tarasenko scoring key goals. The Rangers bowed out in Game Six.
The New York Rangers' historic season ended with a 2-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final. Despite winning the Presidents' Trophy, they were eliminated.
Goals by period
Goals by period, New York Rangers at Florida Panthers
Team
1st1st period
2nd2nd period
3rd3rd period
Total
New York Rangers
0
0
1
1
Florida Panthers
1
0
1
2
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Florida Panthers
Team
1st1st period
2nd2nd period
3rd3rd period
Total
New York Rangers
9
9
6
24
Florida Panthers
13
11
10
34
Three stars
S. Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers (goaltender)
S. Bennett, Florida Panthers (1 goal)
V. Tarasenko, Florida Panthers (1 goal)
Scoring summary
Every goal, New York Rangers at Florida Panthers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period
Time
Team
Goal
Assists
Type
Score
1st
19:10
Florida Panthers
Sam Bennett (6)
Evan Rodrigues (5)
Even strength
NYR 0, FLA 1
3rd
09:08
Florida Panthers
Vladimir Tarasenko (3)
Anton Lundell (9), Eetu Luostarinen (5)
Even strength
NYR 0, FLA 2
3rd
18:20
New York Rangers
Artemi Panarin (5)
Vincent Trocheck (12), Adam Fox (8)
Even strength
NYR 1, FLA 2
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, New York Rangers at Florida Panthers
Stat
New York Rangers
Florida Panthers
Shots on goal
24
34
Power play
0 of 1
0 of 1
Penalty minutes
2
2
Hits
48
40
Blocked shots
12
23
Giveaways
15
17
Takeaways
7
12
Faceoffs won
25/53 (47.2%)
28/53 (52.8%)
Box score
New York Rangers
New York Rangers skaters
Player
PosPosition
GGoals
AAssists
PPoints
+/-Plus/minus
PIMPenalty minutes
SOGShots on goal
HITHits
BLKBlocked shots
FO%Faceoff percentage
TOITime on ice
Number 10 A. Panarin
L
1
0
1
0
0
4
1
0
22:40
Number 13 A. Lafrenière
L
0
0
0
+1
0
0
8
1
20:44
Number 16 V. Trocheck
C
0
1
1
+1
2
0
9
0
55.6%
23:59
Number 20 C. Kreider
L
0
0
0
+1
0
1
3
0
19:09
Number 21 B. Goodrow
C
0
0
0
-1
0
0
5
2
40%
11:46
Number 22 J. Brodzinski
C
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
33.3%
08:13
Number 24 K. Kakko
R
0
0
0
-2
0
1
2
0
11:47
Number 50 W. Cuylle
L
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
08:51
Number 72 F. Chytil
C
0
0
0
-2
0
2
2
0
25%
11:16
Number 91 A. Wennberg
C
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
50%
16:49
Number 93 M. Zibanejad
C
0
0
0
+1
0
3
1
0
45.5%
19:39
Number 96 J. Roslovic
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100%
09:09
Number 4 B. Schneider
D
0
0
0
-1
0
1
2
1
15:02
Number 8 J. Trouba
D
0
0
0
-1
0
2
5
1
20:50
Number 23 A. Fox
D
0
1
1
+1
0
1
3
2
24:11
Number 55 R. Lindgren
D
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
18:06
Number 56 E. Gustafsson
D
0
0
0
-1
0
1
2
1
19:56
Number 79 K. Miller
D
0
0
0
-1
0
2
1
1
18:09
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
SAShots against
SVSaves
GAGoals against
SV%Save percentage
TOITime on ice
DECDecision
Number 31 I. Shesterkin
34
32
2
.941
57:44
Loss
Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers skaters
Player
PosPosition
GGoals
AAssists
PPoints
+/-Plus/minus
PIMPenalty minutes
SOGShots on goal
HITHits
BLKBlocked shots
FO%Faceoff percentage
TOITime on ice
Number 8 K. Okposo
R
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
07:57
Number 9 S. Bennett
C
1
0
1
+1
0
4
4
1
60%
15:27
Number 10 V. Tarasenko
R
1
0
1
+1
0
3
4
3
14:11
Number 13 S. Reinhart
C
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
66.7%
22:07
Number 15 A. Lundell
C
0
1
1
+1
0
2
1
3
63.6%
16:59
Number 16 A. Barkov
C
0
0
0
-1
0
3
1
1
50%
21:20
Number 17 E. Rodrigues
C
0
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
40%
15:14
Number 18 S. Lorentz
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
06:16
Number 19 M. Tkachuk
L
0
0
0
+1
0
4
5
0
15:24
Number 23 C. Verhaeghe
C
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
20:48
Number 27 E. Luostarinen
C
0
1
1
0
0
2
4
1
16:31
Number 82 K. Stenlund
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
66.7%
07:33
Number 5 A. Ekblad
D
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
6
23:58
Number 7 D. Kulikov
D
0
0
0
+1
0
0
3
2
14:23
Number 42 G. Forsling
D
0
0
0
-1
0
5
1
0
24:10
Number 62 B. Montour
D
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
20:57
Number 77 N. Mikkola
D
0
0
0
+1
0
1
1
1
19:21
Number 91 O. Ekman-Larsson
D
0
0
0
+1
0
2
3
2
15:24
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
SAShots against
SVSaves
GAGoals against
SV%Save percentage
TOITime on ice
DECDecision
Number 72 S. Bobrovsky
24
23
1
.958
60:00
Win
Penalties
Penalties, New York Rangers at Florida Panthers
Period
Time
Team
Player
Infraction
Minutes
1st
03:56
New York Rangers
Vincent Trocheck
Hooking
2
1st
11:30
Florida Panthers
Kyle Okposo
Interference
2
Game information
New York Rangers head coach
Peter Laviolette
Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Chris Rooney, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen
Ryan Daisy, Devin Berg
New York Rangers scratches
Blake Wheeler, Tyler Pitlick, Louis Domingue, Alex Belzile, Jimmy Vesey, Chad Ruhwedel, Anton Blidh, Ben Harpur, Jake Leschyshyn, Matthew Robertson, Zac Jones, Adam Edstrom, Connor Mackey, Brett Berard, Dylan Garand, Matt Rempe, Brennan Othmann, Brandon Scanlin, Adam Sykora
Florida Panthers scratches
Nick Cousins, Magnus Hellberg, Ryan Lomberg, Rasmus Asplund, William Lockwood, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich, Patrick Giles, Spencer Knight, Tobias Bjornfot, Justin Sourdif, Mike Benning, Matt Kiersted, Mackie Samoskevich, Uvis Balinskis
2023-2024 season series
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