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[crowd cheering]

[announcer] Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

Florida's never won the Cup in their existence.

Edmonton hasn't won in 34 years.

[Tkachuk] Game 7 last year,

it was so tight, and it was like, you don't know if you're gonna win or lose.

[announcer] Twelve seconds to go.

I mean, we came back from down 3-nothing, and...

and we truly believed that we were gonna do it.

[announcer] The Florida Panthers have won the Stanley Cup!

[crowd cheering]

[Tkachuk] We have to do that again.

We're greedier, and we have guys that are hungrier.

Congrats. Well deserved. Well deserved.

-We'll see you next year. -Appreciate it, yeah.

[somber music playing]

[Hyman] We just fall short.

We lose by one goal.

You come as close as you possibly can come to winning.

I fucking know we're going to be back, boys.

I know it in my fucking heart.

There's nothing that's going to make us feel better.

This is the fucking worst feeling in the world.

A loss like that never leaves you.

And then you got to start climbing the hill all over again

from the very beginning.

[announcer] McDavid... there's Draisaitl.

Scores!

[Blackburn] The Oilers are definitely out for revenge.

Right now, they look possessed.

It feels like they're gonna get back to the Cup final,

and it feels like they could really have a shot

at dethroning the Panthers.

[Redmond] For the Florida Panthers and Matthew Tkachuk,

their motivating force right now is,

"Guys, we could go down as one of the greatest teams ever.

Can we become a modern-day dynasty?"

[intense music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[announcer] The 4 Nations Face-Off heading to the third period.

The United States leading Canada 2 to 1.

[Tkachuk] In the third period, I just heard something

that you're not supposed to hear, and at that moment I'm like, "Fuck."

Like, I've never felt what I just felt. Like, that's not good.

[announcer] He just said he can't go.

[Subban] He told me right to my face, 4 Nations. "I'm done."

In that moment, he was so emotional,

and I could tell that's all he was thinking about.

[Tkachuk] I got imaging done

and learned that full tear right off the bone.

It was big, like five millimeters.

Debated getting surgery.

But if I would have got surgery, it would have took me out

for the rest of the year, you know, no questions asked.

It sucks.

Uh, it's been a really long road to recovery that I'm still currently on.

And, uh, I just really hope that I can come back at some point this year

because I've been fucking grinding.

So I just want to get back and play an actual hockey game again.

[Blackburn] It's not gonna be easy for Florida to repeat.

Matthew Tkachuk is still out, and there's questions about

whether he's even gonna see the ice for the remainder of the season.

If he's not suiting up for the Panthers, they're a much worse hockey team.

[announcer] Tkachuk obviously still out with injury.

The Panthers, they usually do not make these mistakes.

Not only because he's one of their better hockey players,

but because he holds so much of their identity,

especially in the playoffs.

He can make you pay.

[whistle blows]

Whether it's physically or on box score.

[announcer] He scores!

[crowd cheers]

You know, when you lose one of the heartbeats of your team

in Matthew Tkachuk,

you've got to fill that void with something.

[broadcaster] We're under two weeks until the trade deadline.

I would expect now the Panthers to be super aggressive

to try to go add something else.

Maybe they go big-game hunting to try to find a replacement.

Okay, so last-minute possibility,

we're hearing that Brad Marchand could become a Florida Panther.

-[broadcaster 1] Holy! -[broadcaster 2] Oh, my--

Brad Marchand is going to the Florida Panthers.

I just-- I can't believe it.

[broadcaster 3] And Matthew Tkachuk can just take it easy for a little while.

Oh, great. Brad Marchand. We love him, don't we?

[laughs]

He's a savage.

[announcer] Tkachuk will carry it further.

And takes a huge hit from Marchand.

[Bissonnette] He can play physical.

And when it comes to clutchness, he's that guy.

[announcer] Marchand scores!

He also just has a certain way about getting under his opponent's skin.

Um, you could look to the infamous lick of the face from Callahan.

[announcer] Brad Marchand likes to get under the skin

and sometimes close to the skin of his opponents.

[Blackburn] They call him the rat.

He's an absolute pest out there.

It does seem fated that Brad Marchand ended up with the Panthers.

[announcer] Shot-- Scores!

[Blackburn] This is the team that throws rats on the ice after they win a game.

So, what better fit than just vermin meeting each other in the middle?

[Marchand] Thank you.

Do I-- Do I got a tan yet?

It would have been an incredible opportunity

to be in Boston and play in one place my entire career.

But I've always had this attitude

that you need to be grateful for every opportunity.

And, uh, I am...

[indistinct]

...grateful...

beyond words for everything that that organization has done...

for me.

[Blackburn] He fought so hard from being a bottom-of-the-roster player

to being the Bruins captain,

and he's kind of become synonymous with the Bruins' spoked B.

So to leave all that behind and go somewhere new and start new,

it's got to be extraordinarily difficult,

and especially at that stage of his career.

[Marchand] Uh, it was stressful.

Very stressful for my family.

I would have loved to have been part of the Bruins for my entire career.

I thought I'd be a Bruin for life for sure.

That's kind of how I dreamt it up.

Unfortunately, there's things that happen in this game

that are out of your control.

I'm hoping I should be able to play Friday.

Today is my first practice. It wasn't a whole lot of battle.

But I've been feeling good.

It's the first time I put it on.

Yeah.

Good.

[man] Got it?

[Marchand] We all have a shelf life.

I mean, if you're upset, and you're depressed and, you know,

you don't want to accept the change, it's gonna be tough.

At the end of the day,

I'm playing in the NHL with an incredible team.

There's a great opportunity to compete for a Cup.

Kind of quick last one, if you're up for it.

If you have like a good like fist pump.

Yeah.

Hold.

Are you not entertained?

[photographer] Okay, that-- That's more familiar.

-This is all I do when I score. -[man] Just like that? Okay.

-[laughter] -Awesome.

Cool.

Yeah, that's what I do when I score.

[man laughs]

That's the only thing I do.

[tense music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[announcer 1] He's our player to watch.

He's the one everybody wants to see tonight.

Brad Marchand, after all these years, makes his Panther debut.

[announcer 2] Goldy, you can feel the buzz in this building,

anticipating Marchand hitting the ice.

[announcer 1] And still waiting on Matthew Tkachuk,

hopefully for the playoffs.

But the man of the hour, it is number 63 in that Panther jersey tonight.

Marchand comes over to help.

Durzi on the near side. Gets defeated! He scores!

So we are now even.

The Panthers are going overtime.

[crowd cheering]

Marchand down the wing from the sharp angle.

Gets to the net... and couldn't jam it by Vejmelka.

[player] Don't fucking push him.

-Don't touch-- -[overlapping shouting]

You push him!

[announcer 1] That's what you're gonna get when you have Brad Marchand.

Final minute of the period.

Out in front, stolen by Forsling.

Here comes Forsling with Marchand.

Deflected puck. Marchand behind the net.

In front for Bennett.

Backhander! Let's go home, baby!

Marchand sets up Bennett for the winner.

[announcer 2] And how about Brad Marchand.

Look at that, picks up the rat.

[laughs]

My daughter's gonna be so excited.

They threw the rats on the ice.

That's all she wanted to see.

[broadcaster] Matthew Tkachuk says that he has been skating full go

for a couple days now.

He's not allowed to say if he's coming back or not,

but you could see in that Matthew Tkachuk smile

that we're all so familiar with

that he feels very good about making his return.

What up, mo-- What up, mofo?

[Brady Tkachuk] What's going on? How are we doing?

Say hi to the boys.

They said that-- They said they don't miss you at all.

It's cool.

Not much, just chilling. Just got back from the rink.

-Nice. -Let's see the view of the place.

I think that hockey players in general, they'll play through anything.

I don't really care what they say about me.

Like, long term, like I'm gonna do whatever I can to play.

[laughs]

Guy, just look at him.

[Tkachuk laughing]

He doesn't miss.

[Keith Tkachuk] I can't remember the last game I've been at.

-It had to be... -You even nervous after last year?

-I think it be a little more-- -I'm more nervous this year,

for whatever reason.

I don't know why, but I haven't been here since when? January?

Yeah, well, since before I got hurt. Haven't been to any games.

-Talk to your brother? -Just talked to him, yeah.

-What'd he say? -Showed me the house. It looks sick.

He show you my room?

I don't think you have a room there yet.

-Oh, yeah, I have a room. -[laughs]

I have a room in every one of my kid's house.

It's part of the package.

That's a big package.

[laughs]

[broadcaster] The Battle of Florida.

Tampa, Florida, straight up.

They hate each other.

When you're playing in the playoffs,

you need some rats.

And the Florida Panthers have the rat squad.

Guess who's back? Matthew Tkachuk.

[Bissonnette] He's got to play probably at about 50% on one leg, right?

And to hear the injury and the impact that it had

on his body was just remarkable.

And, you know, he's a champion.

He's a dog because he puts his body and himself on the line.

[announcer] Matthew Tkachuk is back in the lineup and on the man advantage.

[Tkachuk] It's tough because I couldn't be myself.

Like, I couldn't play the way I normally do.

I was playing to not get hit. I was playing to not hit anybody.

That's not my game.

But I think the game well.

So I was able to put myself in pretty decent spots

without getting exposed and without getting hit

and without hurting my team.

[announcer] Barkov in front.

Tkachuk ka-ching!

Welcome back, Matthew Tkachuk!

In his first game with the Cats since February 8th.

[crowd cheering]

[Bissonnette] That Panther team led by Matthew Tkachuk and Brad Marchand,

they got a lot of dogs.

[announcer 1] Welcome to the Stanley Cup playoffs in Toronto.

[announcer 2] Now the Leafs face the bad boy Panthers

chasing back-to-back championship.

[Bissonnette] They can play physical. They are not shy to go to the dirty areas.

They will impose their will on you, and they will claw for every inch.

[announcer 1] Erupted, and a penalty is called up top.

[Tkachuk] Attaboy.

Attaboy.

[Marchand] What are you gonna do, big boy?

It's psychological warfare.

[player 1] Hey, want to go right now?

[player 2] Go fuck yourself.

[Marchand] There's either, like, bad blood on the ice...

It's just one of those things that when you get engaged with it, you have fun.

[indistinct shouting]

You'll always be in his fucking shadow.

You're always the guy that could have been good.

[mischievous music playing]

I'm scared of you.

I'm scared of you. I'm scared of you guys!

Where's Willy?

[no audio]

[announcer] And the defending Stanley Cup champions

move on to the Eastern Conference Final.

And the song remains the same here in Toronto.

[interviewer] What is a chirp, and what role does it play in hockey?

[laughs]

I think-- I mean, I think, like, a classic chirp is something subtle,

something easy that, you know, is probably truthful

that gets under their skin.

You guys are all soft!

Soft! Soft!

[classical music playing]

[player] This is horseshit!

We're sending you home tonight.

[Marchand] You know, you can see that we played some teams

that they were getting rattled, and...

they take bad penalties, or they caught out of position.

[player] Did you quit? You guys quit on each other.

You quit on your team captain, you quit on your team.

[whistle blows]

[player] Are you fucking kidding me?

Go ahead! Go, go, go!

-[whistle blows] -[announcer] And he's gonna get called.

And Florida's gonna go back to the power play.

[referee] Carolina penalty number 28, two minutes for cross-checking.

[announcer] That got him the trip to the penalty box.

[player 1] Head to the box, you nerd!

[player 2] What's the fucking penalty? What's the penalty for?

Obviously, we got to stop the hitting, and then just go play.

I mean, I'm a little bit frustrated, as you can tell.

[whistle blows]

What?

Fuck!

What the fuck?

[announcer] The stakes get higher, the margins get tighter,

the tempers get shorter.

They weren't playing well because of that,

um, where it works the opposite way for a lot of guys on our team.

They get involved in those moments, they start thriving.

[announcer] The Florida Panthers, for the third consecutive season,

are heading to the Stanley Cup final.

They defeat the Carolina Hurricanes four games to one.

Well, Brad, it feels like you've been a Panther forever.

You've got a tradition to get to.

Are they gonna fire these rats at you harder than ever or what?

It better hurt like hell today.

-[interviewer] Congratulations. Enjoy it. -[Marchand] Thank you. Appreciate it.

[broadcaster] They've been waiting for Brad Marchand to get him with the rats,

and they got him.

[broadcasters laughing]

[announcer] Amazing to be going for their third straight Stanley Cup final.

Everybody in.

[arena announcer] The Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers.

[crowd cheering]

[announcer] The Florida Panthers have won the Stanley Cup!

[crowd cheering]

[Blackburn] After Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final,

you get a peek inside the the Oilers' locker room.

It's just despondent.

And there's one guy who stands up and addresses the entire room

and tries to provide a glimmer of hope in the darkest of times.

And that's Zach Hyman.

I know we're going to be back. Fucking know we're going to be back, boys.

And I know it in my fucking heart.

When I said that, I believed it.

I truly believed that we were gonna be back this year.

We were so close.

I just felt that we all had that shared fire.

And it starts with the Connor.

[Redmond] That's the most vulnerable we've ever seen Connor McDavid.

That hardens you,

and he's used it to make himself somehow an even better player and a better leader.

[exciting music playing]

[announcer] There's a three on one. McDavid hands it back and scores.

McDavid from Nugent-Hopkins.

[Redmond] Connor McDavid is a man on a mission.

You can see it. You can feel it.

[announcer] Final 20 seconds of the period. McDavid...

scores!

[all cheer]

Game 4 is underway.

[Hyman] Early in the first period,

I made a move at our blue line to get the puck out.

I saw Lindell coming, their defenseman.

[announcer 1] Hyman got it into the zone.

[announcer 2] That one hurt Hyman there.

He just avoided a check on his right wrist,

and he's going right down the tunnel to the Oiler room.

[Hyman] As contact was made with me, I felt my wrist pop.

I go in the x-ray room and the docs are trying to...

to put my wrist back into place,

um, but it keeps popping out, and they tell me I need surgery,

and they're like, "You're not coming back this year."

[announcer] So Hyman's loss, a big one.

[Hyman] And when you realize that, it's heartbreaking.

And I remember just sitting there and,

you know, mid-game, just crying because you want to help,

and you just can't.

[announcer] Thinking about Zach Hyman watching tonight

in that dressing room following the Game 7 loss.

He vowed they would be back. Here's a shot, and it's off Ekholm.

And out! McDavid's got a break!

Connor McDavid scores!

A silencer here for Connor McDavid,

and the Oilers are heading for a rematch

with the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup final.

[Knoblauch] It's not done yet.

Let's fucking do this.

Remember, Hysie last year said we'd be back.

Let's fucking do it for him, all right? Let's go.

[applause]

[all] Hey!

[all cheering]

[player] Hey!

[indistinct chatter]

Can't wait to see you, pal.

Love you, Hymes.

Love you, buddy.

Miss you, brother.

[Hyman] You see the camera?

[exclaims]

Ready?

-You excited? -[Alannah] You guys like that?

You got special coloring pages Daddy made for you guys.

You want to see?

[Hyman] You're away for half the year. Pretty much every other day you're gone.

So it's nice to hang out with the family. Nice to be around the family.

Nice for them to take care of me. My wife was my nurse for a week.

[Hyman] Ben can have it?

Oh, look, look. Theo said you can have it.

[Theo] You can mess it up if you want it.

Yeah, you want to mess this one up?

[Hyman] Know what hockey team's orange?

-[Theo] Yeah. Dada. -[Hyman] Yeah!

We have three boys, she was taking care of our fourth boy, which is me.

Oh, this is Cam. He's our third baby boy.

He's nine months.

And we're gonna attempt to get through my book, The Magician's Secret.

You gonna have the patience for it?

[laughs] Yeah.

"He always said that that was the magician's secret."

And every day, I ask the docs half-jokingly, "What can we do to play?"

And every day, they... I always say,

"Is there a slight percent chance we can play?"

0.0 is the answer I get every single time. So they're not budging.

I'll continue to ask, but I know it's a pipe dream.

Whoa!

Whoa!

-[blathering] -Oh, oh, oh.

See what happened to Daddy's hand?

What happened? A boo-boo?

-Yeah. -Yeah?

Can you make it feel better? Okay, Bye.

[action music playing]

[Redmond] The one thing about the Florida Panthers

is they might be the cockiest, most confident team

I have ever covered in a Stanley Cup final.

[Tkachuk] That's why we're here, playing hockey in June for the third straight year

and a chance to be a part of history.

I mean, I'm confident. I was confident last year.

I'm just as confident this year.

[reporter] You remember the first time you heard the nickname "The Rat,"

and what did you think about it?

When you hear things like that, I take it more as a compliment

You following me?

[chuckles]

That's creepy. I heard they've been talking about you.

-[man] We move like the night. -[Marchand] Yeah, you do.

It takes a lot to get back here. Obviously, they know that. We know that.

[Redmond] What's at stake for Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers?

Well, they're all the way back.

Florida is an incredible team. We know that.

So it's not surprising to see Tkachuk again.

Um, not surprising to see the Panthers again.

[Redmond] But you're Connor McDavid.

You're the best player in the world, hands down.

Nobody's arguing it. And you still don't have a Cup.

If you're gonna go down as one of the GOATs,

you need championships.

Nothing else matters. He will tell you that.

Two good teams then, two good teams now.

-Yeah, this could happen. -[man] Thanks, Connor.

[announcer] The rematch gets underway tonight in Edmonton.

[broadcaster] I think it's pretty noticeable that Matthew Tkachuk,

while still playing great,

he's been battling an injury since 4 Nations.

I just can't see McDavid losing again in the finals.

[excited chatter]

[Bissonnette] When you're that close last year,

and then you grind to get back against the same team,

I don't think players like this let that moment go

without taking full advantage of it and getting it done.

[singer] ♪ And the rocket's red glare ♪

And the energy in the building pregame was like something I've never seen before.

It was biblical, really.

[crowd singing]

[string music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[announcer] 346 days ago, Game 7 in Sunrise, Florida.

And the Stanley Cup final, 2025, is underway.

[player shouting]

-[crowd] Let's go, Oilers! -Let's go. Second click there.

Boy, I tell you what, there were some chances everywhere.

You couldn't let up for one second.

You can't give an inch to those guys. They'll make you pay right away.

[all cheer]

[Hyman] Yes! Fucking right!

[announcer] Just 1:06 into Game 1.

Here comes McDavid, joined by Kapanen.

McDavid controls, goes to the...

Oh! Fuck me, man.

[Bissonnette] That Panther team, like most series that they enter,

the plan is the psychological warfare, and just be relentless with that.

You never know, Stu. You never know.

You never know.

[Janmark] You're gonna be good this year, Chuckie?

[Tkachuk] Got that Cup, baby. Got one more than you.

One more than you. One more than you.

Go, go, go.

[Tkachuk laughs]

[announcer] Here's Rodrigues.

Back out for Schmidt.

[player] Mine! Mine! Mine!

[announcer] Cross-ice, scores!

Marchand gives Florida their first lead of the series.

[Tkachuk] There he is. It's been fucking, what, 12 minutes?

-There he is. -[player] There you are.

It's the toughest task in the NHL right now, is playing against Connor McDavid.

You're not gonna get in his head.

[announcer] Now Kapanen.

The return for McDavid out in front.

-[player] Yeah! Yeah! -[crowd cheering]

Yeah!

Yes!

[announcer] Panthers on the road had a 3-1 lead,

but the Oilers have battled their way back and forced overtime.

All the way into overtime.

Both teams showed up to provide what I would say,

the greatest hockey game that I've ever attended live.

[energetic music playing]

[announcer] There's McDavid.

Scores!

Leon Draisaitl!

The Oilers win Game 1.

[excited chatter]

[Hyman] Whoo! Fucking A.

What a fucking game. Let's go!

Come on, boys!

Fucking A!

[upbeat pop music playing]

[inaudible]

[camera shutters click]

[Bissonnette] Game 2 when you're up 1-nothing.

that's peak McDavid right there.

[McDavid] Go!

[announcer] There's McDavid.

Puck knocked off his stick. Up the line by Draisaitl.

[player] Move it!

And then, of course, the move heard around the world.

[announcer] Across to McDavid.

Shot-- He scores!

What a spectacular move and setup by Connor McDavid.

That's gonna be his MJ air time moment.

[announcer] What an individual effort by McDavid.

And, fuck, he's the best player in the world, obviously.

[Maurice] Fellas, I want no fear from you.

Get fucking closer together in our end of the ice,

so we can come together with speed, and then we can hard-rim pucks,

and then we build ramming speed, and they're fucking on their heels.

Get that fucker to the net, we'll bang one fucking in.

Let's go get it.

[announcer] We get ready for overtime number two.

[Bissonnette] There's no moment too big for Brad Marchand.

And that's why you bring him in,

for the fact that he gets put out there in overtime.

[announcer] Marchand finishes his chat.

[Marchand] When you go that far into a game...

[announcer] There's Marchand once again.

...it can be deflating to lose a game like that.

Especially for us, we don't want to go down 2-nothing,

especially to a team like Edmonton.

[dramatic music playing]

[announcer] Draisaitl back out for a shot by Ekholm, missed the net.

Breakout for Marchand.

Moving in on Skinner.

Marchand is...

It's in! He scores!

Marchand wins Game 2 for the Panthers in double overtime!

[players cheering]

The Florida Panthers even the series at one game apiece.

[excited chatter]

Hey, baby. Yeah! Fuck yeah!

[Marchand] We know how fucking good we fucking played today.

Played our fucking way.

Let's do it again the next game and fucking regroup.

[all applaud]

Yeah, fucking baby.

-Here we go! -[all] Yeah!

Sorry, first timer, boys.

There we go, yeah.

[applause]

[broadcaster] Game 2, one of the most exciting hockey games.

Maybe the most exciting hockey game of the year.

[Blackburn] I would say so, yeah.

[broadcaster] I will start with the Bruins fans.

Katie, how do you feel watching what Brad Marchand is doing right now?

I hate it. I hate watching them hug him. I hate watching him hug them.

I hate watching them celebrate together.

I hate hearing Matthew Tkachuk be like, "He was born to be a Panther."

[indistinct chatter]

[man laughs]

-Is that mushroom? -[man] It is.

No, I'm okay, but thank you.

[Marchand] You see it with all the top teams.

The room is incredibly close.

And because of the bond and the friendships they have,

and you're trying to break into that

and build those relationships very quickly...

[indistinct chatter]

Self-promoting. Making a documentary.

How are we living in a world where Brad Marchand is a Florida Panther?

I still can't believe it.

All right.

[Redmond] So to see him yucking it up with the Florida Panthers is insane.

Just one year ago, he despised the Florida Panthers.

[announcer] Carter Verhaeghe will swipe it across.

Bobbled it a little, but Bennett was there to back him up.

Bennett knocks over Marchand in between the benches,

and Marchand is down.

Was a bit of a sneaky rabbit punch.

[announcer] He is trying to make his way onto the Boston bench.

The word is he is unlikely to return tonight with an upper body injury.

[Blackburn] A few games later, he comes back,

he hits the ice, and Matthew Tkachuk absolutely lets him hear it

and rips into him.

[Tkachuk] You all right? You all right? You okay?

Never seen a captain quit on this team.

[Marchand] That's what I actually brought up to him yesterday.

-I was like-- -[Tkachuk] First of all, he didn't quit.

He had to go-- He had a concussion, but I knew that.

-[Marchand laughs] -I knew that, though.

But that's like, again,

part of what makes him so good at what he does.

He knows the things he can say that, like, will irk you.

I legit brought that up to him when we were playing.

That's one of the only things anyone's ever said that really rattled me.

[interviewer] Do you want to use this opportunity to apologize?

-No. -You don't know.

I learned this early on, you don't ever apologize for anything you say.

You don't apologize.

[upbeat music playing]

[player 1] Over!

[player 2] Fuck off!

[player 3] Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby.

[announcer] Kicked up here. Here's Marchand with a shot! Scores!

[player 4] What a play! What a play!

[announcer] Brad Marchand coming to the bench,

telling the Oiler bench, the players, to use your head.

[Bissonnette] They were right back home in the rats' den.

-[player 5 indistinct] -[player 6] Go, go!

And they had their pistons firing. All of them.

[announcer] The Panthers with a 2 on goal.

Moving in on Skinner!

Scores!

Bennett! 4-1 Florida.

[Bissonnette] Edmonton probably wants a redo.

-[player 1] Yeah, hide behind the ref. -[player 2] Fucking eat it.

[Bissonnette] They became a little bit unhinged.

[player 3] Can't fucking make this shit up.

[player 4] Know where we're fucking at.

[broadcaster] If I'm Florida, this feels great in the sense

that you know that you can find a way to irritate them, get them off their game.

And if this continues, the Oilers have no chance in this series.

[announcer] As time winds down and Florida takes a two-games-to-one lead

as the rats hit the ice, a tradition here since 1996.

[Tkachuk] Wasn't very disciplined. I think that's a nice way of putting it.

You could see some of the frustration on them, but it is what it is.

There's definitely times where you got to stick up for each other,

and I thought we did a great job of that tonight.

And we got a bigger-- Bigger goal in mind right now.

[announcer] Game 4 is underway.

[player] Go, go, go, go!

Stay tight, stay tight!

[announcer] Greer bothered from behind.

[whistle blows]

And the penalty, first one of the night, will be assessed.

[broadcaster] A lack of composure crushed the Oilers in Game 3 tonight.

Disciplinary issues continue.

[indistinct chatter]

We're on Taylor Swift watch.

I guess I'm the only one here to watch my son play.

[announcer] Two-man advantage.

[players shout]

Tkachuk waits.

Shoots, scores!

-Whoo! -Yeah!

[all cheer]

He's got a muffin for a shot though.

Brady shoots it way harder.

[player] Play left!

[announcer 1] Ekholm... Now Mikkola, puck out of the zone.

[announcer 2] High stick against Marchand.

[Tkachuk] They were super undisciplined.

That's really rewarding when you're frustrating a team so much

that guys are taking penalties at unnecessary times

that'll give you momentum. That's huge.

[announcer] Under a minute to go on the power play for Florida.

Here's Jones.

Now Barkov.

Down low. In front!

Save by Skinner!

Scores!

[all cheer]

And I'm like, "All right, the route is on here here."

It's 3-nothing. I thought everything was going right,

exactly what we wanted. You know, a dream start.

[man 1] We're coming back in here. Get that around your fucking head.

[man 2] Out, guys. Come on.

[Perry] Are we fucking stupid?

Or just dumb?

Keep your fucking stick on the fucking ice!

Two fucking power play goals, high sticking.

What the fuck are we doing?

Do we know where we are right now?

We're down two-fucking-one in the series, 3-nothing in this game.

We're coming back.

Put your fucking head down and go to fucking work.

Quit fucking bitching and go to work!

Enough!

[announcer] Here's McDavid down low.

Across it comes, Nugent-Hopkins.

Scores!

The Oilers are on the board.

Puck kept alive by the Oilers.

Here's Ekholm for Nurse.

Nurse scores!

The Oilers pull to within one!

And the Edmonton Oilers are right back in this game.

[Tkachuk] You know, they get paid, too, and they came out and took it to us.

You got to give them credit.

[announcer] There's McDavid.

What a move! McDavid...

is stopped by Bobrovsky!

A spectacular move by Connor McDavid!

The only guy I feel bad for is the camera guy.

For following Connor McDavid...

[laughs] Oh, yeah!

He's too fast.

I mean, he's unbelievable.

[announcer] Here in the middle period. Draisaitl wins the draw.

Here's Nurse. Carries in deep.

Centering pass. Podkolzin with a shot.

He scores!

And then they scored, and you're like, "How is this happening right now?"

[announcer] Podkolzin ties the game at 3!

[dramatic music playing]

[player] Get back to it. Let's go, boys. Come on.

[announcer] Now we head to the third overtime in this series.

Bouchard with it for the Oilers.

Now Ekholm.

Podkolzin, cross-ice pass.

Draisaitl across the net!

Scores!

Leon Draisaitl in overtime!

The Edmonton Oilers tie the series two games apiece.

[crowd cheering]

[Maurice] I need you out for this one, sir.

Camera dude.

[excited chatter]

[upbeat pop music playing]

-[player] That's it, right there. -Fuck yeah!

[broadcaster] Dare we ask, what kind of loss is this for the Florida Panthers?

[Blackburn] I mean, it's a bad loss for sure.

You have an opportunity to pin the Oilers to the mat.

Do not let them get off the fucking mat.

My year on the ice is over, and I can't help anymore.

And everything you envision as a-- as a player,

you have this vision of what it's gonna look like and how it's gonna be.

And, you know, I'm not gonna be on the ice with the guys.

I'm not gonna be out there when we win.

All right, boys.

Saturday night, series tied two-two with an opportunity to grab hold

of the series in the best fucking building in the world.

Let's fucking get it right from the heart. Let's fucking go here, huh?

When you eventually win the Stanley Cup, you lift the Cup when you win.

And that was kind of a realization that if we do win,

I'm gonna need help, and it's gonna look a little different

than you imagine as a kid.

But I do have a strong belief that we're gonna get it done,

and we're gonna win, and I'll have a lot of help lifting that thing.

[announcer] What an atmosphere here in Edmonton.

Which team will take a three-games-to-two lead

before the series heads back to Sunrise, Florida?

[Hyman] We all believe that we're gonna win.

We all believed we're gonna be back, and we're back.

And now we're right there again. And now it's time to do.

[announcer] A moment ago, Zach Hyman saluting the crowd.

Out due to injury for the entire series.

[tense music playing]

[player] That's it, March!

[announcer] Now Marchand splits to the net...

-And scores! -[players] Yeah! Wow!

[player] Holy fuck.

What a fucking play, March!

[announcer] What a move by Brad Marchand.

He beats Pickard.

The Panthers score first.

[Tkachuk] What the fuck? He got shot out of a fucking cannon.

Oh, baby!

[announcer] What a series Marchand has had.

[Tkachuk] Great play, March.

[announcer] Here's Marchand back in with a move.

To the net!

-Scores! -[Tkachuk] Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

[announcer] What a spectacular goal.

[player] Oh, my God. That went in.

[announcer] Brad Marchand has done it again.

[Tkachuk] He's 37 years old, and he's roasting guys in the finals.

Game 5, those two goals are the nicest goals I've ever seen in my entire life.

So he's still got it.

-What the fuck was that? -I don't know.

I've never seen anything like that in my life.

[announcer] The Florida Panthers are one win away

from winning their second consecutive Stanley Cup.

-Attaboy. Good job. -Big-time, big-time.

[dramatic music playing]

[Tkachuk] I felt like I was in a really good spot.

And then... even my warm-up,

doing my band work.

I'm like, "Fuck!" Like, it's back. You know, it sucks.

You think, like, you have a few good days, and you have a bad day.

You're like, "I'm right back to where I was at the start."

It's like glitching.

Last night, I went to bed at 8:30.

Woke up at 2:00, was up till, like, 4:00.

And I was fucking all over the place.

Like, back-to-back and back-to-back-to-back.

Like, it takes a toll.

So, uh, it's been...

That's why the wins are so rewarding. It takes a village to win a Cup.

We showed it last year, and all these guys helped,

and they help us do it again.

[indistinct chatter]

The days were...

There were some bad days in there.

[Subban] For him to come back from something like that,

you could see at times he was laboring, he wasn't 100%.

You know, the past three years for him,

hockey-wise, have definitely been difficult.

[Tkachuk] I mean, there's 32 teams in the league right now.

It's the hardest it's ever been to win.

And for us to be able to do it two years in a row would be something

that very, very, very few teams have done.

So if we're able to cap it off, it'd be...

Probably go down as one of the greatest teams.

[menacing music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[man 1] Let's go! Come on!

[man 2] Come on!

Come on now.

[announcer] Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final.

[crowd] Let's go, Panthers!

[announcer] The Stanley Cup has arrived in this building,

and it may stay in this building for a second straight year.

We are built for this fucking moment, boys, come on.

Come on, guys! Come on, Ekky!

[Marchand shouting indistinctly]

[crowd cheering]

[announcer 1] We're underway. Game number 6.

[announcer 2] Niko Mikkola with the puck for Florida.

Here's Marchand, big hit from Perry.

[announcer 3] It knocked his helmet right off.

March! March!

[announcer 1] Knocked away from Janmark.

And he flattens Tkachuk.

Well, they came out ready to play.

[announcer 1] Oilers have set the physical tone here in the early stages.

[player] Get down to the body.

That'll get you moving.

-[player] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey... -[whistle blows]

[player] Hey! Get off me!

[Brady] This is prison rules.

Welcome to the series. Welcome to the series.

Be ready, Reinho.

[announcer] Reinhart with the steal, nice move, heads to the net!

Scores!

[all cheer]

Sam Reinhart kick-starts Florida again.

[horns blow]

[Tkachuk] That's one, baby. That's one.

Let's go get it. Fuck, we're getting chances.

Bear down here, baby.

I think that majority of people knew that Tkachuk was playing through something.

Just when you think maybe he's not contributing the most...

[player] Go!

[whistle blows]

[Tkachuk] They're gonna change early, I think.

They're gonna change early.

[player shouting]

[Bissonnette] And then boom, boom.

[announcer] Tkachuk scores!

[Tkachuk] Scores! Yeah, baby!

[player] Great, great, great, great.

Great fucking play.

Fuck yeah! Fuck yeah!

[woman screams]

He just has a knack for the big moments, just like Brad Marchand.

Hey, great screen.

[Redmond] The Florida Panthers,

I've never seen a team where, individually,

every single person trusts that every other person is gonna do

exactly what they need to do for their system to work.

And then I just think that these guys, like, fuck, they have fun.

Oh, thank you, Marchy.

I'll never get that fucking out of my mind.

Marchy's in there naked, if anybody wants to take a look.

That'll fuck you up for a couple of months.

No, nice, Marchy.

[Maurice laughs]

[Redmond] When you pair trust with enjoying the moment,

it's a hard foundation to crack

for anyone that's trying to take out the Florida Panthers.

Skate. Get on the fucking body.

That will keep us all connected.

[players shouting excitedly]

[player] Let's go get it!

[crowd cheering]

[Hyman] Oh.

It's hard to watch.

It's really hard to watch. It's almost better if you didn't watch.

But you feel like you need to watch.

They're a very, very, very good team.

[Marchand] When you go through these runs together,

you build such tight bonds because you spend so much time together

and become such great friends.

[crowd cheers]

[player] Yeah! Take it!

Yeah!

[Marchand] You build a love and unity within the group.

Good one, March.

It takes a lot to win.

[players shouting]

[players] Yeah!

[horn blowing]

It takes great pieces that you pick up along the way.

It takes a commitment.

Calm on the bench, baby. Composure on this bench.

And it takes a brotherhood.

[players shouting]

[Tkachuk] Go! Go!

[all cheer]

It takes togetherness.

[player] I don't believe it!

[announcer] The reign's gonna continue.

And now they're knocking on dynasty's doorstep.

The Florida Panthers, back-to-back Stanley Cup champions.

Whoo!

[speaking indistinctly]

I fucking love you, baby.

[muffled chatter]

Best thing in the world.

[arena announcer] The Stanley Cup!

[crowd cheering]

I think it was better because of what I had to go through

to get to that moment, personally, with the injuries.

Whoo!

Whoo!

It was a grind. It really was.

So for me to be in that situation, to lift that Cup up at the end,

it was different, more special.

And so I was just holding it up as much as I could before the arms got tired.

[excited shouting]

You think of the people have been a part of your life,

that have been a part of your journey.

There's not one person in the NHL that got there by themselves.

So everybody along the way, it's almost like this is for you.

[Brady] Oh, I love you. I love you.

-Oh, my God. -Amazing.

[Tkachuk] It's your moment.

[Marchand] I've loved every second of being here.

You know, you're winning it for them.

Yeah!

You know, it's one of the things

that I hoped that we could experience as a family by the time I retired,

and very happy that we had that moment.

Um, you get hit by a wave of emotions.

[player] Back-to-back. Here, I'll go in first. I'll go in first.

[crowd and players cheering]

["Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan playing]

[Tkachuk] Back-to-back!

Play "Pink Pony Club."

[Tkachuk] Not many teams can do what we just did.

And not many teams have.

So to be a part of a team that's gone to the finals

three years in a row and won the last two,

I consider us a dynasty now.

Guys are already talking about how they're gonna prepare for next year,

and what can we do?

[crowd cheering]

Just like last year.

[spectators cheering]

I would like to apologize to absolutely fucking nobody

because a double champ does whatever the fuck he wants!

[crowd cheers]

[waves crashing]

[dramatic music playing]