Are we on the verge of a Stanley Cup Final sweep?

If all goes right for the Florida Panthers on Saturday night in Game 4 against the Edmonton Oilers, we could be. It would be the first time the Final ended in four games since 1998, when the Detroit Red Wings dusted the Washington Capitals. Here’s a fun fact: Oilers general manager Ken Holland was the Red Wings GM that year, and it was the second of back-to-back sweeps in the Cup final for Detroit.

If you can believe it, the Red Wings’ 1998 championship was also the fourth straight NHL season that ended through a sweep in the final round.

For the sake of the sport — if the Panthers win — let’s hope this doesn’t start another streak of Cup Final sweeps.

Through three games, the Panthers have stifled the Oilers’ best players and have gotten incredible goaltending to get themselves within one win of a Stanley Cup while holding a 3-0 series stranglehold. The Panthers had only won one game in their Stanley Cup Final history entering this series (they were swept in 1996 and were beaten in five games last year versus Vegas).

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Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers — Game 4

How to watch: 8 p.m. ET on ABC, SN

Panthers lead series 3-0

Series odds: Panthers -3000, Oilers +1300

• Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard are all atop the NHL points leaderboard this postseason. Through three games, they’ve combined for four points. Neither of the three nor Zach Hyman, who leads all goalscorers with 14 this spring, have scored a goal in this series.
• Warren Foegele’s breakaway goal in Game 2 was significant for the Oilers: the first goal scored by an Oilers forward in the series. Ryan McLeod is now the second Oiler forward to score in this year’s Cup Final.
• Patrick Roy still has the highest save percentage ever recorded in one Stanley Cup Final at .974, following a scintillating performance for the Colorado Avalanche against Florida in 1996. How’s Sergei Bobrovsky’s save percentage through three Cup Final games? .953. It’s a rate that ties him with New York Islanders legend Billy Smith for seventh-best among goalies in NHL history.
• Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk has gone cold recently. He scored his first point of the series in Game 3. He’s gone scoreless in his last eight games and hasn’t scored since Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final. Contrast that to his fellow former Calgary Flame teammate Sam Bennett who is on a six-game points streak (four goals, seven points).

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(Photo of Connor McDavid and Sergei Bobrovsky: Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON CO, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – A local high school athlete is proving there is more than one way to be a star on the field.

From one field to another Peyton Gay is a proven star.

“Last year we were sitting at the state convention, and I looked at Mrs. Peltonen. and I was like Mrs. Peltonen I want to win this. I want to be that guy on stage.” And one year later. On June 12th Peyton Gay became the first student from Bozeman to win the Stars of Florida award.

The Stars of Florida award is the highest agriculture award a student can earn at the state level. Peyton was the first student from Deane Bozeman to earn this achievement.

For his project, Peyton submitted his work with special geese. Something his grandmother introduced him to in 2019, and he quickly became attached.

“They are on the threaten list. And I’ve been trying to help them get off the threatened list,” said Stars of Florida recipient Peyton Gay. “So, my grandma got four back in 2019. And then I kind of took it over and started taking care of them and raising them and starting to get more and helping them lay.”

With the help of incubators and humidifiers, they were able to go from 4 special geese to raising over 300.

Peyton says none of this would be possible without the support around him.

“My grandma Mamba has been the big reason for all of this. She went out and got them. And she started this whole thing. And I kind of took it over and she guided me. Whenever I wasn’t here whether it be football camps or football games and I didn’t get back at 12 o’clock at night. She was out there feeding them for me and helping me. My mom was out there feeding and helping me. My grandpa was out there feeding and supporting me. I mean everyone has just helped me when I couldn’t do it because I had other things.”

This was a win for Bozeman, but Peyton dedicates this award to his Agriculture teacher Mrs. Becky Peltonen. Peyton said he didn’t know the words to express how he felt about her, and he’s thankful for her to be a part of his journey.

Peyton Gay will attend Texas A&M in the Fall. He will be on their football team and in their agriculture program.

He says football is his first love, but farming and animals are something he wants to do for the rest of his life. After he graduates college, he wants to be a travel veterinarian and specialize in surgery for big animals.

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