2019 Stanley Cup Final Game 7 vs St. Louis Blues

Lore & Background

This was a rematch of the 1970 Stanley Cup Final, which Boston won in four games. This was the fourth consecutive Final to both involve at least one team vying for its first championship and end with the champion clinching the Cup on the road. It was also the first time since 2011 where the Final went the full seven games. Entering the 2019 Final, the Blues were the only active team from the 1967 NHL expansion to have not won a Stanley Cup. The Blues' victory resulted in all five of the active 1967 expansion teams obtaining a Stanley Cup title, while the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks became the oldest active expansion franchises to not win one, and the Toronto Maple Leafs became the last active team not to win the Cup since the expansion era.

In Their Own Story

The air inside the Enterprise Center hummed with a weight heavier than summer heat. In the corner of the locker room, a veteran captain stared at his skates, laces untied but untouched. The silence from the bench was deafening, contrasting the roar outside that had just crowned new kings. He thought of the points, the records, the promises made in January. Now, only the echo remained.

Reader's Guide

Game seven was played at TD Garden in Boston. The Blues secured their first championship title in franchise history. The Conn Smythe Trophy winner is not specified in the source article. The only Boston goal was scored by Matt Grzelcyk, not David Krejci.

Did You Know?

• The Blues' Stanley Cup-winning run of 26 playoff games tied the 2013–14 Los Angeles Kings for the longest of any Stanley Cup-winning team.
• This was the most recent professional sports championship won by a St. Louis-based team, and was the last time the Stanley Cup Final did not feature a team from Florida until 2026.
• This was the eleventh meeting between teams from Boston and St. Louis for a major professional sports championship.