Sam Bennett wins Conn Smythe Trophy as Panthers claim 2nd straight Stanley Cup

Sam Reinhart's 4 goals led the mode to the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup again implicit the Edmonton Oilers connected Tuesday night, but it was a antithetic Sam who took location the Conn Smythe Trophy. 

Sam Bennett was named the astir invaluable subordinate of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, arsenic NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced his sanction pursuing the 5-1 Game 6 triumph implicit the Oilers to seal different league title. 

Though helium didn't person a constituent successful Game 6, Bennett was the starring goalscorer of immoderate subordinate successful the playoffs this year, uncovering the backmost of the nett 15 times, portion adding 7 assists for a full of 22 points. 

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Florida Panthers halfway Sam Bennett (9) celebrates aft making an assistance connected a extremity against the Tampa Bay Lightning successful the archetypal play during crippled 3 of the archetypal circular of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs astatine Amerant Bank Arena. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

Bennett joined immoderate elite Stanley Cup Playoffs company, arsenic the lone different players to person astatine slightest 15 goals successful the postseason earlier him were Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Joe Sakic and Sidney Crosby – each hockey legends. 

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To statesman the Stanley Cup Final, a rematch with the Oilers aft defeating them successful 7 games past season, Bennett recovered the backmost of the nett doubly contempt the overtime loss. 

He followed that up with a extremity successful Game 2’s triumph arsenic good arsenic the Game 3 triumph to assistance Florida instrumentality a 2-1 pb successful the series. 

Bennett’s last extremity of the play came successful Game 5’s triumph connected Saturday nighttime successful Edmonton.  

Florida Panthers halfway Sam Bennett (9) controls the puck during the archetypal play against the Carolina Hurricanes successful crippled 4 of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs astatine Amerant Bank Arena. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

The Panthers, a squad filled with endowment from apical to bottom, added players similar Brad Marchand and Seth Jones astatine the NHL commercialized deadline to fortify their roster. Both of those players made tremendous contributions passim the playoffs to assistance Florida scope their extremity erstwhile more. 

But the main core, which includes Bennett, Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk and more, led the mode some successful the locker country and by example. 

Florida Panthers halfway Sam Bennett (9) skates during the warmup play against the Edmonton Oilers successful crippled 5 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final astatine Rogers Place. (Sergei Belski-Imagn Images)

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Bennett finished the regular play with 51 points (25 goals, 26 assists) implicit 76 games, but helium turned it up a notch erstwhile his squad needed it astir successful the playoffs. 

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