Rangers vs. Panthers Game 6 – Pregame stats, facts and notes – Hockey Writers – NHL News
On home ice, the Florida Panthers have a chance to advance to the Stanley Cup Final tonight with a win against the New York Rangers. If the Rangers can't pull off a road upset in Game 6, they can return to Madison Square Garden for a Game 7 win. Before we get into the action, let's take a look at the stats, facts, and notes. for this.
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With at least two games left in the Conference Final and the entire Stanley Cup Final remaining, the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs could reach 40 wins and one tonight. Only 1987, 1991, 1999, 2010, and 2020 have had 40 in total – none have had 50 or more.
In the playoffs, the road team won 44 of 79 games overall, good for a 56 percent average – this streak had three of them. In 79 contests, no postseason has had more road wins. As for the entire postseason, the record is 47 most, set in 2012 and later matched in 2023.
In Conference Final history, teams leading 3-2 in best-of-seven series have won 72 of 88 series. Interestingly, 52 of these 72 wins came in Game 6, and 20 of them came in Game 7. The home teams in Game 6, the Panthers, hold a 32-12 record when leading 3-2. .
In Florida franchise history dating back to 1993-94, they are 2-0 with a chance to advance to the Stanley Cup Final with a win. They won Game 7 of the 1996 Eastern Conference Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins and Game 4 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals against the Carolina Hurricanes. The last of the two was at Florida's Amerint Bank Arena.
The odds seem stacked against the Rangers, as the best-of-seven Conference Final teams enter Game 6 with a 36-52 record. On the road, that record drops to 12-32 – the last team to win in Rangers' form was the Penguins in 2016, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning. That Pittsburgh team took Game 7, and eventually won the Stanley Cup.
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The last time the Rangers won the Stanley Cup, which was in 1994, they trailed their series 3-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals in Game 6 on the road against the New Jersey Devils. Like in 2024, they won the presidential award.
The Rangers have forced a Game 7 when trailing the Conference Final 3-2 five times in their history. They lost Game 7 four times, while they, of course, won that one do-or-die contest against the Devils back in 1994.
Seven of the last eight teams that have won Game 7 after trailing 3-2 in the Conference Final have gone on to win the Stanley Cup. The teams that went the distance were the 2018 Washington Capitals, 2016 Penguins, 2015 Chicago Blackhawks, 2002 Detroit Red Wings, 2000 Devils, 1999 Dallas Stars, and 1994 Rangers. The 1996 Panthers broke the streak, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Finals.
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