The are carrying their Stanley Cup title defense into the conference final round of the 2025 NHL playoffs.
The Panthers, the Atlantic Division's No. 3 seed, first in five games before outlasting the No. 1 Toronto Maple Leafs in a that went the distance. The Panthers won three straight against the Leafs after falling into a 2-0 series hole, dropped Game 6 at home and then to reach .
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's club now has a chance to make a third straight Cup Final as it meets the Metro Division's No. 2-seeded in a . That series saw Florida sweep Carolina, though, all four games were decided by one goal, with two ending in overtime.
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The Panthers last year finally got over the hump and captured the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship. After to the , Florida made it back to the championship series in 2024 and defeated the in a .
Now, Florida sits two series victories away from doubling its number of Stanley Cup trophies. But just how many clubs in NHL history have been able to go back-to-back? Here's what to know:
How many teams have won two straight Stanley Cups?
In the expansion era, which began with the 1967-68 season when the league , there have of a team winning at least two straight Stanley Cups.
Who's the last team to win consecutive Stanley Cups?
The most recent team to go back-to-back was the Lightning. Tampa Bay defeated the Dallas Stars in the , played in the NHL bubble amid the COVID-19 pandemic, before repeating the following year with a over the .
And Tampa Bay nearly pulled off a three-peat, losing the to the in six games.
What's the most Stanley Cups won in a row?
The expansion era record for consecutive Stanley Cup triumphs is four, which has been done twice. And, believe it or not, they happened back-to-back.
The Canadiens first ripped off , before the hoisted the .
The Isles got back to the , but lost to Wayne Gretzky and the Oilers. That was the start of a back-to-back title stretch from Edmonton.
No other team in the expansion era has won more than two Cups in a row. During the Original Six era, the Canadiens won five straight Cup Finals from 1956-60, while the Maple Leafs won three straight from 1947-49 and 1962-64.
List of NHL teams to win consecutive Stanley Cups
Here's a full look at the repeat Stanley Cup champions in the expansion era (the years listed are when the Cup Finals were played):
- Tampa Bay Lightning: 2 straight from 2020-21
- Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 straight from 2016-17
- Detroit Red Wings: 2 straight from 1997-98
- Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 straight from 1991-92
- Edmonton Oilers: 2 straight from 1987-88
- Edmonton Oilers: 2 straight from 1984-85
- New York Islanders: 4 straight from 1980-83
- Montreal Canadiens: 4 straight from 1976-79
- : 2 straight from 1974-75
- Montreal Canadiens: 2 straight from 1968-69
