Overview
- Florida raised a second straight Cup banner and edged Chicago 3-2, with Jesper Boqvist netting the third-period winner and Sergei Bobrovsky making 18 saves.
- The Panthers started without Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk and Tomas Nosek after placing them on LTIR, spotlighting depth early in their three-peat pursuit.
- Chicago stayed close behind a 34-save outing from former Panthers goalie Spencer Knight, while Frank Nazar recorded a goal and an assist.
- Pittsburgh opened with a 3-0 road win at Madison Square Garden as Justin Brazeau scored twice and Arturs Silovs posted a 25-save shutout in his Penguins debut.
- Dan Muse earned his first win as Penguins head coach against ex-Pens coach Mike Sullivan in his Rangers debut, with rookies Ben Kindel and Harrison Brunicke making their NHL debuts for Pittsburgh.