June 17 (UPI) -- Sam Reinhart scored four times and the Florida Panthers defenders thwarted Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers offense in a Game 6 domination to secure a second-consecutive Stanley Cup on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla.
The Panthers became the 17th team to win back-to-back titles with their 5-1 victory at Amerant Bank Arena. They are the third team to beat the same team in the Stanley Cup Final two consecutive times since the start of the expansion era (1967-68). They also set a record for the most time leading, 255:49, during a Stanley Cup Final series.
"It's not easy coming back," Reinhart said on the TNT broadcast. "You know how hard it is to do. Sometimes it benefits you, sometimes it doesn't. We just stuck with it.
"A lot has to go your way to be standing here at the end. We were up for the task again."
Reinhart became the sixth player in history to score four goals in a Stanley Cup Final, and the first to do so since Maurice Richard in 1957. With their loss, the Oilers extended a drought of 33 years without a Canadian team winning the Stanley Cup.
