Too many slow starts, not enough offense and spotty goaltending left Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers exiting the ice for a second straight June to make way for another Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup celebration.

The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL’s first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21 and the third team to do it this century.