The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals is the 18th time teams will take to the ice in a Game 7 for the Stanley Cup. Since the end of Game 3, when the Florida Panthers took a 3-0 series lead, Oilers fans have been hearing a lot about the first series that featured a Game 7 for Lord Stanley’s Cup — the 1942 Maple Leafs winning over the Detroit Red Wings. Back in ’42, the Leafs completed a reverse sweep — something Edmonton is looking to do Monday night in Sunrise Florida, and make history by becoming the second team to ever do so in the Finals.
RELATED: Stanley Cup Final Game 7 Notebook: Oilers have entered historic territory Oilers Game 7 cup history Edmonton has been to a Game 7 in a Stanley Cup Final once before — 36 years ago, when the Oilers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers on May 31, 1987. Back in ’87 the Oilers, led by Wayne Gretzky, opened the series against the Flyers with a 4-2 win and a 3-2 overtime time win at the Northlands Coliseum. The Flyers took Game 3 after battling from behind and winning 5-3 to bring the series back within one.
However, the Oilers responded in Game 4, with three assists from Gretzky, helping the Oilers win 4-1. The Oilers then fell short of capturing the cup in Games 5 and 6. The Flyers took Game 5 by a score of 4-3 in Edmonton, before taking Game 6 in what would eventually be known as “The Night the Spectrum Shook” after J.
J. Daigneault scored late in the third period to give the Flyers a 3-2 lead. Philly held that lead and forced Game.
