If the Oilers win on Monday, they will become only the sixth club in NHL history to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven playoff series.

Oilers supporters Melissa Mccallum, Tyson DeMone, and Coady Morrison, from left to right This handout photograph shows Jackson DeMone and Derrick DeMone.

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By Fakiha Baig and Lisa Johnson Press Canadienne
EDMONTON: Behold, rodents.

Fans from Edmonton to Florida were happy on the journey but devastated when they arrived to the Stanley Cup, as Canada’s most recent bid to bring the trophy home abruptly failed on the edge of the Everglades on Monday.

The Oilers came within one game of pulling off a historic comeback, tying the series after winning three straight games, only to lose the decisive Game 7 to the Florida Panthers 2-1.

In Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1, delivering the opposite outcome to the team’s supporters. Enthusiastic spectators clogged the streets of the capital of Alberta before kickoff. (Source: The Canadian Press, June 24, 2024)

A large audience gathered in the plaza outside of Rogers Place in Edmonton watched in disbelieving silence as Panthers players celebrated behind their net and the Florida supporters scattered their recognizable black plastic rats, symbolizing good luck, around the ice.