NHL Daily – Cats Shutdown Oilers in Game 1

In Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, Sergei Bobrovsky would earn the shutout for the Panthers to defeat the Oilers 3-0.

NHL News and Notes from Saturday, June 8th, 2024

News

• The PWHL announced that Minnesota has parted ways with their General Manager Natalie Darwitz.

PWHL and PWHL Minnesota
General Manager Natalie Darwitz have parted ways.

Full statement: https://t.co/uuOGuJ9Ded pic.twitter.com/wg3tavUsyL

— PWHL (@thepwhlofficial) June 8, 2024

• The NHL and NHLPA announced what the Salary Cap will be for the 2024-25 season.
  • The Cap will rise to $88 million for next season.

The @NHL and @NHLPA announced today the Team Payroll Range for 2024-25: https://t.co/rJW3afGi4q

Lower Limit: $65.0 million
Midpoint: $76.5 million
Upper Limit: $88.0 million pic.twitter.com/JYnAFEPY39

— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) June 8, 2024

• The NHL and NHLPA also announced the 4 Nations Face-Off.
  • The 4 Nations will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal and at TD Garden in Boston.
  • The 4 Nations will feature USA, Canada, Finland, and Sweden.
  • The schedule for the 4 Nations was also unveiled.

The @NHL and @NHLPA today announced that the Bell Centre in Montreal and TD Garden in Boston will serve as the host venues and cities for the 4 Nations Face-Off in February 2025.

More information: https://t.co/fLmzyiCaHS #4Nations pic.twitter.com/Mg6dUGeg89

— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) June 8, 2024

The entire 4 Nations Face-Off schedule also was announced, with games to be broadcast exclusively in North America by The Walt Disney Company (ESPN/ABC), TNT Sports, Sportsnet and TVA Sports.#4Nations: https://t.co/fLmzyiCaHS pic.twitter.com/mBqMVVcHb2

— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) June 8, 2024

 

Game Recaps

Edmonton Oilers v. Florida Panthers – Game 1 – 8p ET

• At long last the Stanley Cup Final would finally begin in Florida as the Panthers would play host to the Edmonton Oilers for Game 1, and in the first period Carter Verhaeghe would net his 10th of the playoffs to give the Panthers the early 1-0 lead. Then we would see both teams trade powerplays, but neither team would be able to take advantage of them, but a very late penalty by Verhaeghe would give the Oilers the powerplay heading into the first intermission. To open up the second period the Oilers would fail to score on the powerplay, and that would open the door for the Panthers as Evan Rodrigues would score to grow the lead to two. Both teams would get another pair of powerplays, but once again, both teams would be lights out with their penalty killing. Then in the third period the Oilers would kill off one last penalty, and would try to do a late charge, but Sergei Bobrovsky would stop all 33 shots faced and Eetu Luostarinen would get the empty netter as the Panthers would take Game 1 3-0 over the Oilers.

ONE DOWN. pic.twitter.com/s9Cy9iaD71

— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) June 9, 2024

https://youtu.be/PyhWA0UqUtE?si=Sfekagq1avALdoi0

Today’s Games

• No Games Scheduled

Noteworthy in Hockey

• Inside Natalie Darwitz’s ousting from PWHL Minnesota: Rift with the coach, players taking sides (The Athletic – $)
• Ovechkin Says He Would Take Another Stanley Cup Over Gretzky’s Record; He & Capitals Have More To Play For (The Hockey News)

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