1 00:00:03,734 --> 00:00:05,819 [announcer 1] The rats rain down. 2 00:00:05,902 --> 00:00:09,865 The Panthers win Game 2 by a 4-1 score. 3 00:00:09,948 --> 00:00:12,534 And the Panthers lead the Stanley Cup final 4 00:00:12,617 --> 00:00:14,077 two games to none. 5 00:00:14,161 --> 00:00:17,164 [announcer 2] And the Edmonton engine has an oil leak 6 00:00:17,247 --> 00:00:18,915 after a couple of games. 7 00:00:22,961 --> 00:00:24,546 [McDavid] Right fucking now. 8 00:00:24,629 --> 00:00:28,091 Right fucking now! Right fucking now! 9 00:00:28,175 --> 00:00:30,093 [McDavid] I am not gonna say that I came in the room 10 00:00:30,177 --> 00:00:33,680 and was looking to have a meltdown, but, uh, 11 00:00:33,764 --> 00:00:36,767 you know, ultimately I felt that there was a sense of urgency 12 00:00:36,850 --> 00:00:39,478 that our group needed to get to, and we didn't get there. 13 00:00:39,561 --> 00:00:41,396 That's not fucking good enough! 14 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:42,856 It's the fucking finals! 15 00:00:44,024 --> 00:00:45,942 [Draisaitl] We all want the same thing. 16 00:00:46,026 --> 00:00:49,237 We all want to win so badly, and he's the leader of that. 17 00:00:49,321 --> 00:00:52,741 There's nobody that wants to win more than Connor McDavid. 18 00:00:52,824 --> 00:00:55,076 [McDavid] Dig the fuck in, 19 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:56,745 right fucking now! 20 00:00:58,288 --> 00:01:00,373 Whatever the fuck you have! 21 00:01:00,457 --> 00:01:03,001 It's a high-emotion situation. 22 00:01:03,084 --> 00:01:06,463 Obviously playing in the Cup final, being down two, 23 00:01:06,546 --> 00:01:07,714 feeling like we didn't play our best. 24 00:01:07,798 --> 00:01:11,510 Not great, but not irreversible. 25 00:01:11,593 --> 00:01:14,554 [announcer 1] Still holding, and their time ticking down. 26 00:01:14,638 --> 00:01:16,556 [announcer 2] Great work by Ekblad. 27 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,850 [announcer 1] The Florida Panthers, they get it out. 28 00:01:18,934 --> 00:01:22,687 They're gonna win Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. 29 00:01:23,271 --> 00:01:25,148 The puck goes all the way down... 30 00:01:25,232 --> 00:01:26,900 -[buzzer blows] -And that is it. 31 00:01:26,983 --> 00:01:28,109 [player] Yeah! 32 00:01:28,193 --> 00:01:30,862 [announcer 1] The Florida Panthers hold on 33 00:01:30,946 --> 00:01:32,655 and win Game 3 34 00:01:32,739 --> 00:01:35,367 to take a three-games-to-none lead 35 00:01:35,450 --> 00:01:38,661 in this best-of-seven Cup final. 36 00:01:46,086 --> 00:01:48,964 [Bissonnette] Only ten times in the history of sports 37 00:01:49,047 --> 00:01:52,092 has a team even forced Game 7 when being down 3-0. 38 00:01:52,175 --> 00:01:53,969 So the writing's on the wall. 39 00:01:55,470 --> 00:01:57,597 [applause] 40 00:01:59,558 --> 00:02:01,142 [Tkachuk] All right, boys. 41 00:02:01,226 --> 00:02:03,979 Fuck, we're that close. Fucking that close to our dream, 42 00:02:04,062 --> 00:02:07,440 and it takes a whole organization to get it to this moment right now. 43 00:02:07,524 --> 00:02:09,734 So I'm gonna go a little off the board here. Huffer. 44 00:02:09,818 --> 00:02:11,236 [all cheer] 45 00:02:12,112 --> 00:02:15,073 [Tkachuk] We were just feeling it so much going into it that, 46 00:02:15,156 --> 00:02:16,783 I don't think it mattered who we were playing. 47 00:02:17,534 --> 00:02:18,952 -One more? -[man] Yes! 48 00:02:19,035 --> 00:02:20,829 [cheers and applause] 49 00:02:24,583 --> 00:02:27,502 [announcer] The Panthers are one win away 50 00:02:27,586 --> 00:02:30,088 from hockey's ultimate prize. 51 00:02:30,171 --> 00:02:33,174 [Bissonnette] I'm thinking this series is over. I think it's gonna be a sweep. 52 00:02:33,258 --> 00:02:35,802 I've written off the Edmonton Oilers after going down 0-3. 53 00:02:38,013 --> 00:02:40,599 [broadcaster] The 1942 Maple Leafs are the only team ever 54 00:02:40,682 --> 00:02:42,309 to win the Cup after being down 3-0. 55 00:02:42,392 --> 00:02:43,727 How do the Oilers stay alive? 56 00:02:43,810 --> 00:02:45,937 [Blackburn] You know that if you lose that game, 57 00:02:46,021 --> 00:02:47,272 your season's done. 58 00:02:47,355 --> 00:02:50,650 So if there is a desperation meter, it gets cranked all the way up. 59 00:02:50,734 --> 00:02:52,319 [player] Come on boys, hey? 60 00:02:52,402 --> 00:02:54,195 [Blackburn] If anybody can put a team on their back 61 00:02:54,279 --> 00:02:57,365 and come back from a 3-0 series deficit, I think it's Connor McDavid. 62 00:02:57,449 --> 00:03:00,535 [announcer] McDavid walks in front with a shot and scores! 63 00:03:00,619 --> 00:03:02,579 [Blackburn] You know McDavid wants to win a Stanley Cup. 64 00:03:02,662 --> 00:03:06,249 Like, he has been that guy his entire life. 65 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:08,585 [announcer] McDavid-- What a goal! 66 00:03:08,668 --> 00:03:13,006 [Redmond] Connor McDavid is arguably the best player since Wayne Gretzky. 67 00:03:13,089 --> 00:03:17,344 I can't imagine the weight of, "What if I never win?" 68 00:03:17,427 --> 00:03:19,638 He cannot allow that to happen. 69 00:03:19,721 --> 00:03:21,139 [announcer] Connor McDavid! 70 00:03:21,222 --> 00:03:22,390 [Blackburn] All this talk about Connor McDavid, 71 00:03:22,474 --> 00:03:25,225 and how good he is, and how he's the best player on the planet, 72 00:03:25,310 --> 00:03:27,020 I don't think Matthew Tkachuk gives a damn. 73 00:03:27,103 --> 00:03:29,189 [Tkachuk] Fucking punk. Fuck you. 74 00:03:30,231 --> 00:03:32,943 [Blackburn] They came so close last year and had their hearts ripped out, 75 00:03:33,026 --> 00:03:36,029 so going up 3-0, they're one game away 76 00:03:36,112 --> 00:03:37,739 from everything they've ever dreamed of. 77 00:03:37,822 --> 00:03:40,784 And Matthew Tkachuk is at the center of that run. 78 00:03:40,867 --> 00:03:44,287 [announcer] And tempers flaring in earnest, 79 00:03:44,371 --> 00:03:45,747 with Tkachuk involved. 80 00:03:45,830 --> 00:03:48,917 [Blackburn] He's driven by a generational legacy to bring the Cup home, 81 00:03:48,999 --> 00:03:51,753 and it doesn't matter who's standing on the opposite side of him. 82 00:03:51,836 --> 00:03:53,630 He thinks that he can find a way to win. 83 00:03:53,713 --> 00:03:56,383 -[Tkachuk] Go! Go! -[announcer] Puck out for Tkachuk. Scores! 84 00:03:56,466 --> 00:03:59,469 [Nurse] Right now, you have two players who are willing 85 00:03:59,552 --> 00:04:01,638 to do absolutely everything 86 00:04:01,721 --> 00:04:04,140 so that they can bring the Stanley Cup home. 87 00:04:04,224 --> 00:04:07,894 These guys both have been starved of the Stanley Cup for a very long time. 88 00:04:07,978 --> 00:04:10,897 At the end of that period, just grind it out. Get it in, grind it out, get it in. 89 00:04:10,981 --> 00:04:12,691 [Tkachuk] Hopefully when my career's all said and done, 90 00:04:12,774 --> 00:04:14,192 I'll have a few Stanley Cups to the name. 91 00:04:14,275 --> 00:04:15,485 You little fuck! 92 00:04:15,986 --> 00:04:18,405 [McDavid] I want to chase as many as you can possibly win. 93 00:04:18,487 --> 00:04:20,156 That's what it's all about, is winning. 94 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,824 [referee] Let go now. 95 00:04:21,908 --> 00:04:23,952 [Tkachuk] Fuck are you bitching about? 96 00:04:36,589 --> 00:04:39,175 [Tkachuk] It was easy after the first three games. 97 00:04:39,259 --> 00:04:42,053 You're up 3-0, you really haven't had to deal with a lot of, like, 98 00:04:42,137 --> 00:04:44,555 comeback in games, or we were playing with the lead. 99 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:47,058 We were so confident. There wasn't any doubt. 100 00:04:47,142 --> 00:04:48,476 There was no doubt. 101 00:04:49,477 --> 00:04:51,146 [Blackburn] For somebody like Matthew Tkachuk, 102 00:04:51,228 --> 00:04:54,024 given what he went through last year, he's been there. 103 00:04:54,107 --> 00:04:58,028 He knows that having three doesn't get you the Stanley Cup. 104 00:04:58,111 --> 00:04:59,654 [therapist] I remember the hit. 105 00:05:00,321 --> 00:05:03,116 It was one of those things where, like, I don't know how the hell-- 106 00:05:03,199 --> 00:05:06,619 He was operating on, like, pure adrenaline at that stage of the game. 107 00:05:06,703 --> 00:05:08,830 I got hit from, like, the side here. 108 00:05:08,913 --> 00:05:11,291 Just in open ice. I kind of didn't really... 109 00:05:11,374 --> 00:05:13,460 I didn't... Didn't see him coming. 110 00:05:14,627 --> 00:05:16,212 [announcer] Oh! Big hit! 111 00:05:16,296 --> 00:05:18,465 Tkachuk is flattened on the play. 112 00:05:18,548 --> 00:05:19,924 Tkachuk's in some trouble. 113 00:05:20,008 --> 00:05:22,761 [Tkachuk] So I got hurt in Game 3, just thinking, like, 114 00:05:22,844 --> 00:05:26,473 maybe a rib was out, or maybe just popped my shoulder. 115 00:05:26,556 --> 00:05:28,099 I didn't think anything crazy. 116 00:05:28,183 --> 00:05:29,559 [announcer] And a penalty coming up, 117 00:05:29,642 --> 00:05:33,521 as Tkachuk gets some assistance to the Florida bench. 118 00:05:33,605 --> 00:05:36,399 [Tkachuk] And that's when I went and did all my CT scans. 119 00:05:36,483 --> 00:05:37,442 and my MRIs. 120 00:05:37,525 --> 00:05:40,278 [announcer] There's no question that was a hard hit on the shoulder. 121 00:05:40,361 --> 00:05:42,238 [Tkachuk] And they're like, "Matthew, this is bad." 122 00:05:43,948 --> 00:05:46,868 Fractured sternum, dislocated SC joints. 123 00:05:46,951 --> 00:05:49,996 Spasm muscles up to my head, through my neck. 124 00:05:50,079 --> 00:05:54,292 And basically like this whole area from here to here was shut down. 125 00:05:55,126 --> 00:05:56,836 They weren't expecting me to play. 126 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,298 And I'm like, "Well, I'm not gonna go down that easy." 127 00:06:00,882 --> 00:06:03,635 [therapist] We were adamant he wasn't gonna play again. 128 00:06:03,718 --> 00:06:06,679 And he basically came in and said, "Listen, this is not about me. 129 00:06:06,763 --> 00:06:09,557 You know, this is about the culture of the team." 130 00:06:09,641 --> 00:06:11,810 And we're like, "Okay then, lift your arm." 131 00:06:12,602 --> 00:06:14,854 And he's like, "We'll figure a way, let's do this. 132 00:06:14,938 --> 00:06:16,064 I got one more game in me." 133 00:06:16,147 --> 00:06:18,358 You know, the following morning, like, 134 00:06:18,441 --> 00:06:21,111 didn't Brady have to get you out of bed, for crying out loud? 135 00:06:21,194 --> 00:06:23,154 Yeah, for the next game two days later. 136 00:06:24,864 --> 00:06:27,200 [Brady] That was the most outrageous thing I've ever seen. 137 00:06:27,283 --> 00:06:30,161 I grabbed him, almost like a big bear hug 138 00:06:30,245 --> 00:06:31,913 and, you know, slowly lift him. 139 00:06:31,996 --> 00:06:33,832 And he was just wincing in pain. 140 00:06:33,915 --> 00:06:36,376 Right then and there I'm like, "I can't believe he's about to play." 141 00:06:36,459 --> 00:06:38,419 [crowd cheering] 142 00:06:38,503 --> 00:06:41,005 [Tkachuk] So it's 2-1 going into Game 4. 143 00:06:41,089 --> 00:06:44,467 I felt as bad as you could probably imagine yourself ever feeling. 144 00:06:45,301 --> 00:06:47,762 [Bissonnette] He is just cut from a different cloth. 145 00:06:47,846 --> 00:06:50,180 The fact that he was playing with a broken sternum, 146 00:06:50,265 --> 00:06:51,432 that is just banana lands. 147 00:06:51,516 --> 00:06:53,017 Like, what are we talking about here? 148 00:06:55,853 --> 00:06:59,149 [Tkachuk] I just hit my breaking point at the end where I just couldn't play. 149 00:07:00,942 --> 00:07:02,443 [Subban] He's a winner, for me. 150 00:07:02,527 --> 00:07:04,404 That's the type of guy you want to go to war with. 151 00:07:04,487 --> 00:07:05,697 There's a lot of guys that I wouldn't. 152 00:07:05,780 --> 00:07:08,032 [crowd cheering] 153 00:07:08,116 --> 00:07:09,868 [Tkachuk] In Vegas for Game 5 last year, 154 00:07:09,951 --> 00:07:12,954 I'm just sitting in the locker room with a big ice pack on, 155 00:07:13,037 --> 00:07:14,747 just being able to do nothing. 156 00:07:14,831 --> 00:07:17,750 That was the worst part for sure, not being out there with the guys 157 00:07:17,834 --> 00:07:19,794 and being able to battle to the last second with them. 158 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,215 Bad breaks, but try to spin it in a way 159 00:07:24,299 --> 00:07:26,384 where the knowledge of hockey keeps growing, 160 00:07:26,467 --> 00:07:27,802 and how you're gonna play as a team. 161 00:07:27,886 --> 00:07:30,221 So we're taking advantage of that right now. 162 00:07:36,811 --> 00:07:40,607 [broadcaster 1] Edmonton definitely a real air of desperation to them. 163 00:07:40,690 --> 00:07:42,400 [broadcaster 2] I'm certainly not predicting Edmonton comes back 164 00:07:42,483 --> 00:07:43,902 in the series. 165 00:07:43,985 --> 00:07:46,821 [Draisaitl] Down 3-0, you know you dug yourself a big hole, 166 00:07:46,905 --> 00:07:48,531 especially in the Stanley Cup finals. 167 00:07:48,615 --> 00:07:50,450 And whether you want to listen to it or not, 168 00:07:50,533 --> 00:07:53,536 you still see it, you hear it, and you're aware of it. 169 00:07:54,245 --> 00:07:56,039 [McDavid] There was so much pressure, 170 00:07:56,122 --> 00:08:00,001 but nobody puts more pressure on me than me. 171 00:08:00,084 --> 00:08:01,711 No media, no fans, 172 00:08:01,794 --> 00:08:03,963 no friends, no family, 173 00:08:04,047 --> 00:08:06,049 nobody puts more pressure on me than me. 174 00:08:06,966 --> 00:08:09,344 Everyone's here filming, so just so you know. 175 00:08:09,427 --> 00:08:11,596 [trainer on phone] Okay, I'll keep it clean. 176 00:08:11,679 --> 00:08:15,266 Start on your belly, and we'll do your pec first. 177 00:08:15,350 --> 00:08:18,228 [McDavid] Anyone who's down 3-0 just says, "You gotta get one." 178 00:08:18,311 --> 00:08:19,687 Come forward a little bit. 179 00:08:19,771 --> 00:08:21,814 [McDavid] Obviously when you're in that situation, 180 00:08:21,898 --> 00:08:23,524 you only have one thing in mind. 181 00:08:23,608 --> 00:08:25,193 [trainer] Maximum tension. 182 00:08:25,276 --> 00:08:26,527 [McDavid] And that's winning. 183 00:08:27,654 --> 00:08:28,863 [cheering] 184 00:08:28,947 --> 00:08:32,492 [announcer] The Oilers on the brink. The Panthers on the cusp. 185 00:08:32,575 --> 00:08:36,454 It is the first elimination game of the final. 186 00:08:36,536 --> 00:08:38,705 Edmonton looks to buy more time. 187 00:08:38,790 --> 00:08:41,125 And another capacity crowd at Rogers Place 188 00:08:41,209 --> 00:08:44,253 hoping the Stanley Cup is a no-show tonight. 189 00:08:45,713 --> 00:08:48,299 I feel like we're doing the NBA walkout right now. 190 00:08:49,676 --> 00:08:51,678 In hostile territory. 191 00:08:52,762 --> 00:08:55,765 [Brady] Game 4 in the Cup final, it's pretty amazing to see. 192 00:08:56,683 --> 00:09:00,478 I know it would be great for our family for him to be able to win the Stanley Cup. 193 00:09:00,561 --> 00:09:02,272 [indistinct chatter] 194 00:09:03,439 --> 00:09:07,485 [Blackburn] Keith Tkachuk's considered one of the best players of a generation. 195 00:09:07,568 --> 00:09:09,696 But one of the best to never win it. 196 00:09:09,779 --> 00:09:11,906 [announcer] Tkachuk is in alone, scores. 197 00:09:11,990 --> 00:09:13,116 Here comes Tkachuk. They score. 198 00:09:13,199 --> 00:09:16,160 [Bissonnette] Keith Tkachuk, an incredible American goal scorer. 199 00:09:16,244 --> 00:09:17,120 Over 500 goals. 200 00:09:17,203 --> 00:09:21,082 [announcer] This guy, right here, and he's one of the premiere players in the game. 201 00:09:21,165 --> 00:09:23,459 [Subban] Keith should be in the Hall of Fame. I want him to know that. 202 00:09:23,543 --> 00:09:25,586 It's nuts to me he's not in the Hall of Fame. 203 00:09:26,421 --> 00:09:28,256 Hey, you got this one? Alright, thank you. 204 00:09:29,924 --> 00:09:31,467 Perfect, he's got the first one. 205 00:09:32,635 --> 00:09:34,220 [Bissonnette] In order to win a Stanley Cup, 206 00:09:34,304 --> 00:09:36,014 all the pieces have to come together. 207 00:09:36,097 --> 00:09:38,683 Unfortunately, Keith Tkachuk was never able to win one. 208 00:09:40,393 --> 00:09:43,271 Drink up so you can get tired and take a nap for Daddy. 209 00:09:43,354 --> 00:09:45,648 [Bissonnette] And now that his kid has the opportunity to do so, 210 00:09:45,732 --> 00:09:48,693 I'd have to imagine that's a heavy weight on Matthew's shoulders, 211 00:09:48,776 --> 00:09:51,279 and something that he wants to accomplish for the family 212 00:09:51,362 --> 00:09:53,823 in order to solidify their name in hockey history. 213 00:09:53,906 --> 00:09:55,908 The reason why he's so big is because of me. 214 00:09:55,992 --> 00:09:58,286 -Yeah. He's definitely... -I'm a big guy. 215 00:09:58,369 --> 00:10:02,165 Definitely following in his father's footsteps, I think. 216 00:10:02,248 --> 00:10:04,375 Nobody knows what it's like to be Matthew Tkachuk. 217 00:10:04,459 --> 00:10:07,628 When you're a young kid and your dad has played, 218 00:10:07,712 --> 00:10:09,422 you know, he didn't get his name on a Cup, 219 00:10:09,505 --> 00:10:11,132 but he knows his dad's deserving. 220 00:10:11,215 --> 00:10:14,510 So Matthew Tkachuk wants to get their family name on that Cup. 221 00:10:15,470 --> 00:10:19,057 People don't understand the pressure that comes with all of that. 222 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,352 [Tkachuk] All right, boys, I got the fucking read tonight. 223 00:10:22,435 --> 00:10:23,353 [all] Yes! 224 00:10:23,436 --> 00:10:25,438 I guess there's not much really to say. 225 00:10:25,521 --> 00:10:27,940 Fuck, I love every single one of you. We dream of this spot. 226 00:10:28,024 --> 00:10:30,109 Let's go have more fucking fun than anybody else. 227 00:10:30,193 --> 00:10:32,070 We got Rhino, we got Bark, 228 00:10:32,153 --> 00:10:33,613 we got Roddy, we got Niksy, 229 00:10:33,696 --> 00:10:36,199 we got Monty as well. And in the cage we got Bobby. 230 00:10:36,282 --> 00:10:37,533 [all cheer and applaud] 231 00:10:38,910 --> 00:10:41,287 Game 4 is probably the hardest one to focus for. 232 00:10:41,371 --> 00:10:42,663 I was wired. 233 00:10:44,165 --> 00:10:46,250 Cup's in the building for the first time. 234 00:10:47,418 --> 00:10:48,669 Doing it on the road. 235 00:10:48,753 --> 00:10:50,755 [crowd] Let's go, Oilers! 236 00:10:50,838 --> 00:10:52,423 [Tkachuk] Hostile environment. 237 00:10:52,507 --> 00:10:54,050 It was crazy. 238 00:10:54,675 --> 00:10:56,386 [announcer] It's every hockey player's dream, 239 00:10:56,469 --> 00:10:59,180 but most never get as close as Matthew Tkachuk 240 00:10:59,263 --> 00:11:02,600 and his Panther teammates are right now here in Edmonton. 241 00:11:02,683 --> 00:11:06,646 Florida one win away from its first Stanley Cup championship. 242 00:11:07,313 --> 00:11:11,150 And the Edmonton Oilers trying to stave off elimination tonight 243 00:11:11,234 --> 00:11:12,276 here in Game 4. 244 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,862 [McDavid] Our focus kind of shifted to, 245 00:11:14,946 --> 00:11:17,907 let's make it as tough and grueling 246 00:11:17,990 --> 00:11:20,701 on the Panthers as we possibly can. 247 00:11:20,785 --> 00:11:22,203 [announcer] There's McDavid! 248 00:11:22,286 --> 00:11:23,788 He scores! 249 00:11:24,497 --> 00:11:27,875 Connor McDavid on the scoresheet! 250 00:11:27,959 --> 00:11:30,378 And it's 4-1 Edmonton. 251 00:11:30,461 --> 00:11:32,797 [excited chatter] 252 00:11:34,257 --> 00:11:36,801 [announcer] And it's not just somebody. It's McDavid on the board. 253 00:11:36,884 --> 00:11:40,930 And the place erupts for his first career Final goal. 254 00:11:41,013 --> 00:11:43,599 [McDavid] Just make them fly across the continent 255 00:11:43,683 --> 00:11:45,685 as many times as we possibly can. 256 00:11:46,436 --> 00:11:48,729 Fuck me man, let's go. 257 00:11:49,272 --> 00:11:52,525 [announcer] McDavid out in front. They score! 258 00:11:54,193 --> 00:11:57,405 The most all-time assists in one playoff year is Connor McDavid. 259 00:11:57,488 --> 00:12:00,491 Thirty-two, ahead of Gretzky's thirty-one. 260 00:12:00,575 --> 00:12:03,202 [Zito] It's very difficult to articulate 261 00:12:03,286 --> 00:12:06,497 the emotional side of the Cup. 262 00:12:07,248 --> 00:12:09,375 You learn a lot from last year. 263 00:12:09,459 --> 00:12:11,377 We learned a lot from going and losing. 264 00:12:11,461 --> 00:12:14,172 And it seems like every day there's something new that you're like, 265 00:12:14,255 --> 00:12:15,882 "Oh, that's another thing that I learned." 266 00:12:15,965 --> 00:12:19,802 But getting there and leaving empty-handed, 267 00:12:19,886 --> 00:12:21,095 it's a terrible feeling. 268 00:12:21,721 --> 00:12:22,722 [crowd cheering] 269 00:12:22,805 --> 00:12:27,059 [announcer] And an historic victory for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4. 270 00:12:27,143 --> 00:12:28,478 Eight to one. 271 00:12:28,561 --> 00:12:31,314 Just about everything went the way the Oilers would have dreamed. 272 00:12:31,397 --> 00:12:34,192 Just a great way to push this series back to Florida. 273 00:12:34,275 --> 00:12:38,029 And so these teams will make the longest flight 274 00:12:38,112 --> 00:12:40,406 in Stanley Cup Final history: 275 00:12:40,490 --> 00:12:43,868 2,541 miles back to Sunrise. 276 00:12:44,869 --> 00:12:47,497 [Draisaitl] Very emotional, very exciting night for us. 277 00:12:47,580 --> 00:12:50,458 I think just the relief of giving ourselves a chance. 278 00:12:50,541 --> 00:12:52,460 [Tkachuk] Obviously very disappointing. 279 00:12:52,543 --> 00:12:55,880 But at the end of the day, we're up 3-1. We're going back home, 280 00:12:55,963 --> 00:12:58,257 you know, with a game plan in Game 5, 281 00:12:58,341 --> 00:13:00,801 and we're ready to go and try to win it at home. 282 00:13:00,885 --> 00:13:02,553 [Ekholm] Ha-ha! Oh, yeah! 283 00:13:02,637 --> 00:13:04,722 Ha-ha! Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! 284 00:13:04,805 --> 00:13:07,350 [Subban] They brought the energy and they brought the juice. 285 00:13:07,433 --> 00:13:10,520 They brought the fight that we didn't see in the first three games. 286 00:13:10,603 --> 00:13:11,771 [man] Whoo! 287 00:13:12,522 --> 00:13:14,649 [Subban] And all it took was for Connor McDavid to say, 288 00:13:14,732 --> 00:13:15,858 "It's not over yet." 289 00:13:18,361 --> 00:13:20,446 [McDavid] We played a very patient Game 4. 290 00:13:20,530 --> 00:13:23,199 You know, we didn't go into that game saying, "Let's score eight goals." 291 00:13:23,282 --> 00:13:25,076 We tried to score our way out of this thing, 292 00:13:25,159 --> 00:13:28,996 and what came out of it was a pretty good effort and a great game. 293 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,831 [man] Shania! 294 00:13:30,915 --> 00:13:33,543 [Blackburn] It seemed like everybody was already crowning the Panthers. 295 00:13:33,626 --> 00:13:36,087 And then all of a sudden it's a party in Edmonton. 296 00:13:36,170 --> 00:13:38,589 They kicked the crap out of the Panthers. 297 00:13:38,673 --> 00:13:41,676 Now, like, there's hope and there's some belief 298 00:13:41,759 --> 00:13:44,971 on Edmonton's side for the first time in the series. 299 00:13:45,972 --> 00:13:48,766 Way to get the people going. Way to get the people going. 300 00:13:48,849 --> 00:13:50,643 [inaudible] 301 00:13:50,726 --> 00:13:53,521 [Kelly McDavid] I think knowing Connor, he's in a zone. 302 00:13:53,604 --> 00:13:56,023 And this is a great win. 303 00:13:56,107 --> 00:13:58,568 And it's definitely a high. 304 00:13:58,651 --> 00:14:02,405 Um, but I know that he'll, in his mind, 305 00:14:02,488 --> 00:14:05,366 he's gonna sort of compartmentalize it a little bit 306 00:14:05,449 --> 00:14:08,536 and, uh, move on to the next game. 307 00:14:08,619 --> 00:14:11,163 How are you? You did great. How are you? 308 00:14:11,247 --> 00:14:14,375 [Brian McDavid] We've talked about winning the Stanley Cup since he was 4 years old. 309 00:14:15,501 --> 00:14:17,837 Connor, you could just tell. You watch him in the warmup, 310 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,298 you can tell, you know, he's gonna have a night. 311 00:14:20,381 --> 00:14:23,259 And then, of course, to break, you know, Wayne's record. 312 00:14:23,342 --> 00:14:25,511 We get one there, and they're flying back, they'll be nervous. 313 00:14:25,595 --> 00:14:27,638 -They'll be nervous. -Totally. I completely agree. 314 00:14:27,722 --> 00:14:29,140 They're not nervous yet, but they'll be nervous after. 315 00:14:29,223 --> 00:14:30,057 For sure. 316 00:14:30,141 --> 00:14:31,976 [Brian McDavid] Never, ever bet against Connor, ever. 317 00:14:32,059 --> 00:14:34,395 -Okay, you ready to go? Okay. -Yeah. 318 00:14:34,478 --> 00:14:36,439 -Okay. Yeah. -Ready to go? 319 00:14:37,356 --> 00:14:40,651 [McDavid] Any time you are competing with a guy like Gretzky, 320 00:14:40,735 --> 00:14:43,613 it's always special and something that is not lost on me. 321 00:14:43,696 --> 00:14:46,073 That being said, we're going through the heat of the battle. 322 00:14:46,157 --> 00:14:48,951 We're in the finals, we're trying to keep our season alive. 323 00:14:49,035 --> 00:14:53,205 It was kind of just marching forward, and we'll worry about, you know, 324 00:14:53,289 --> 00:14:54,999 enjoying it or looking back later. 325 00:14:55,082 --> 00:14:56,334 -Thanks, guys. -See you. 326 00:14:58,085 --> 00:15:00,004 [dramatic music playing] 327 00:15:08,262 --> 00:15:10,389 [Lauren] When you're partners with someone, 328 00:15:10,473 --> 00:15:13,100 you go through the same emotions that they go through. 329 00:15:13,184 --> 00:15:16,437 We know how it feels and how they feel. 330 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,648 You just see how much they want this. 331 00:15:18,731 --> 00:15:20,691 They're like, okay, we gotta... 332 00:15:20,775 --> 00:15:22,443 -We gotta win this. -We gotta win this. 333 00:15:22,526 --> 00:15:24,070 And that's where their intensity comes from. 334 00:15:24,153 --> 00:15:25,988 -Yeah, this is everything. -Yeah. 335 00:15:27,281 --> 00:15:30,034 -I just want this so bad for them. -I know. Same. 336 00:15:30,868 --> 00:15:32,453 [suspenseful music playing] 337 00:15:34,413 --> 00:15:38,334 [announcer] Take two for the Panthers' attempt at history here in South Florida. 338 00:15:38,417 --> 00:15:42,004 Matthew Tkachuk still exuding confidence this morning when he said 339 00:15:42,088 --> 00:15:45,508 they are going to go capture the biggest goal of their lives 340 00:15:45,591 --> 00:15:46,717 here tonight. 341 00:15:46,801 --> 00:15:48,469 [man] You got this, Connor! 342 00:15:48,552 --> 00:15:50,346 [crowd cheering] 343 00:15:50,429 --> 00:15:52,848 [announcer 1] Fans on their feet here in Sunrise, 344 00:15:52,932 --> 00:15:55,017 hoping to watch their team win the Stanley Cup. 345 00:15:55,101 --> 00:15:56,852 [announcer 2] Are the Oilers ready to play spoiler 346 00:15:56,936 --> 00:15:59,313 and take this series back to northern Alberta? 347 00:15:59,397 --> 00:16:02,650 Are the Panthers ready to make history here tonight? 348 00:16:04,068 --> 00:16:05,861 [announcer 1] And Game 5 is underway. 349 00:16:05,945 --> 00:16:08,698 [crowd] Let's go, Panthers! 350 00:16:08,781 --> 00:16:12,034 [McDavid] Early in the series, we were hurting ourselves with mistakes. 351 00:16:12,118 --> 00:16:16,372 Trying to make something happen offensively right away. 352 00:16:18,708 --> 00:16:19,667 Fuck! 353 00:16:20,209 --> 00:16:22,878 [announcer 1] Looking for a shorty! Scores! 354 00:16:22,962 --> 00:16:26,298 [McDavid] Game 5. We were comfortable playing more of a patient game. 355 00:16:26,382 --> 00:16:27,717 [announcer 1] A Bouch bomb! 356 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,802 And it's 2-0 Edmonton. 357 00:16:29,885 --> 00:16:31,470 [McDavid] And it paid off. 358 00:16:31,554 --> 00:16:33,806 [announcer 2] Here's McDavid. Bottom of the circle. 359 00:16:33,889 --> 00:16:35,307 He scores! 360 00:16:35,391 --> 00:16:36,350 [all cheer] 361 00:16:36,434 --> 00:16:38,436 [player] Whoo! Yeah! 362 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:41,272 Great fucking playing. Fucking right. 363 00:16:41,355 --> 00:16:43,607 [announcer 2] It's 3-0 Edmonton. 364 00:16:43,691 --> 00:16:46,652 And they can't bear to watch here in Sunrise. 365 00:16:46,736 --> 00:16:48,821 We're still fucking good, eh? 366 00:16:50,781 --> 00:16:52,408 Hey! Quick! Quick! 367 00:16:52,491 --> 00:16:55,453 [announcer 1] It's a chance for Tkachuk. Shooting! 368 00:16:55,536 --> 00:16:57,580 -Scores! -[horn blows] 369 00:16:59,123 --> 00:17:01,375 [announcer 2] Matthew Tkachuk breaks the seal, 370 00:17:01,459 --> 00:17:03,669 and a huge Panther goal. 371 00:17:05,004 --> 00:17:06,338 No fucking way. 372 00:17:06,422 --> 00:17:09,675 [Blackburn] You can't allow Florida to build on momentum. 373 00:17:09,759 --> 00:17:11,927 You have to respond pretty quickly. 374 00:17:12,011 --> 00:17:12,845 Let's go get another one. 375 00:17:14,388 --> 00:17:17,140 [Bissonnette] You learn a lot about someone as an individual 376 00:17:17,224 --> 00:17:18,725 when their backs are against the wall. 377 00:17:18,809 --> 00:17:22,271 And Connor McDavid showed us everything that he's made of. 378 00:17:22,354 --> 00:17:25,816 [announcer 1] Edmonton try to regain that three-goal advantage. 379 00:17:26,567 --> 00:17:31,238 Nifty move through a double team! What a play by McDavid! 380 00:17:31,947 --> 00:17:33,491 And Perry scores! 381 00:17:33,574 --> 00:17:35,993 [announcer 2] This is a brilliant play by McDavid 382 00:17:36,076 --> 00:17:37,161 in the midst of it all. 383 00:17:37,244 --> 00:17:38,412 [player 1] Oh, my God! 384 00:17:38,496 --> 00:17:39,997 [player 2] What a chance! 385 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,707 [Subban] What did he do through the defense? 386 00:17:41,791 --> 00:17:44,168 Tic-tac-toe. He put a few guys in the McBlender. 387 00:17:44,251 --> 00:17:45,836 That's what happened. 388 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,171 What a play, Davo. 389 00:17:47,254 --> 00:17:48,506 Yeah good play. 390 00:17:49,381 --> 00:17:51,175 [announcer 1] And we are through two. 391 00:17:51,258 --> 00:17:52,551 The fuck are you going to do? 392 00:17:52,635 --> 00:17:55,471 [announcer 2] Five goals here in the second period. 393 00:17:55,554 --> 00:17:57,723 And at no time does the game seem settled. 394 00:17:57,807 --> 00:17:59,934 [Tkachuk] Oh, my God. No way! 395 00:18:03,062 --> 00:18:04,688 [Maurice] They're gonna sit on it. They fucking are. 396 00:18:04,772 --> 00:18:08,442 So we're gonna get our action on the change of fucking possession. 397 00:18:08,526 --> 00:18:11,737 In the offensive zone, you hunt. That's where you'll fucking get them. 398 00:18:12,947 --> 00:18:14,698 We're in a great fucking spot. 399 00:18:14,782 --> 00:18:16,408 -[player 1] Great spot. -[player 2] Play fucking three in here. 400 00:18:16,492 --> 00:18:19,537 Been here lots of times, eh? This is nothing fucking new. 401 00:18:19,620 --> 00:18:22,706 That being said, let's blow the fucking doors off them. 402 00:18:22,790 --> 00:18:23,958 [applause] 403 00:18:24,041 --> 00:18:26,669 [player 1] Let's fucking go, men. Come on, men! 404 00:18:26,752 --> 00:18:28,420 [player 2] Finish the fucking job! 405 00:18:28,504 --> 00:18:32,591 [announcer 1] To me, this third period is gonna be about poise and patience. 406 00:18:32,675 --> 00:18:33,676 [players grunt] 407 00:18:33,759 --> 00:18:36,136 The Panthers clearly have to make a comeback, 408 00:18:36,220 --> 00:18:39,682 but you can't go so crazy trying to make a push offensively. 409 00:18:39,765 --> 00:18:41,433 Then you give up a fifth one. 410 00:18:43,769 --> 00:18:45,938 [announcer] Ekman-Larsson sends it in behind. 411 00:18:46,021 --> 00:18:48,023 Off the back wall to Tkachuk. 412 00:18:48,107 --> 00:18:50,609 And then he got knocked down. 413 00:18:50,693 --> 00:18:52,945 They can't clear it. Tkachuk's alone. 414 00:18:57,950 --> 00:19:00,953 Ekman-Larsson scores! 415 00:19:01,036 --> 00:19:02,705 [player] Fuck, yeah! 416 00:19:03,330 --> 00:19:05,457 [announcer] It's a one-goal game. 417 00:19:05,541 --> 00:19:07,751 [Tkachuk] I felt that if we could just get one more, 418 00:19:07,835 --> 00:19:10,504 that tying goal, like, we had a chance. 419 00:19:10,588 --> 00:19:12,506 I just fucking really wanted to win that game. 420 00:19:12,590 --> 00:19:14,341 [announcer] The net is empty for Florida. 421 00:19:14,425 --> 00:19:16,093 The extra attacker is on. 422 00:19:18,470 --> 00:19:20,806 And a stop made by Skinner. 423 00:19:20,890 --> 00:19:21,807 God damnit! 424 00:19:22,516 --> 00:19:24,518 [Tkachuk] I felt like I was playing the whole third period. 425 00:19:24,602 --> 00:19:26,520 We were double shifting, at that point. 426 00:19:26,604 --> 00:19:28,230 Like, we were gassed. 427 00:19:28,314 --> 00:19:31,358 Everything we had left in the tank to try to get that tying goal. 428 00:19:31,442 --> 00:19:33,777 [announcer] Under 30 seconds to go. 429 00:19:34,612 --> 00:19:37,114 Played out again toward the empty net. 430 00:19:38,490 --> 00:19:40,492 This one's on target! 431 00:19:44,496 --> 00:19:48,500 It is swept away by Tkachuk at the last moment! 432 00:19:50,210 --> 00:19:52,755 [Blackburn] That moment was probably the greatest play 433 00:19:52,838 --> 00:19:54,632 in Stanley Cup final history... 434 00:19:57,635 --> 00:20:00,679 for about four seconds before it didn't matter. 435 00:20:05,309 --> 00:20:07,519 [announcer] But McDavid scores! 436 00:20:07,603 --> 00:20:08,812 [team cheers] 437 00:20:08,896 --> 00:20:13,108 Connor McDavid sends this series back to Alberta. 438 00:20:14,109 --> 00:20:17,154 We actually, as a group, believed that we're in this, 439 00:20:17,237 --> 00:20:19,156 and we can win four in a row. 440 00:20:19,782 --> 00:20:22,242 -[player 1] Fucking 'Berta, baby! -[player 2] Gas it up, baby! 441 00:20:22,326 --> 00:20:25,496 -Fucking gas it up! Let's fucking go! -Fuck yeah, man! 442 00:20:25,579 --> 00:20:26,914 Let's fucking go! 443 00:20:27,498 --> 00:20:29,166 [Tkachuk] We should have won Game 5. 444 00:20:29,249 --> 00:20:32,086 Start to finish, we were dominant. Dominant. 445 00:20:32,169 --> 00:20:33,879 We deserved a lot better than that game. 446 00:20:33,963 --> 00:20:36,298 [announcer] And there'll be a lot of soul-searching 447 00:20:36,382 --> 00:20:38,801 for the next 48 hours for Florida. 448 00:20:40,803 --> 00:20:43,055 [Blackburn] You start to worry about the Panthers 449 00:20:43,138 --> 00:20:45,140 and the crack in the foundation. 450 00:20:45,224 --> 00:20:47,893 The Oilers blow them out in Game 4. 451 00:20:47,977 --> 00:20:50,312 The seed of doubt maybe is planted there, 452 00:20:50,396 --> 00:20:53,315 but it is certainly watered in Game 5. 453 00:20:53,399 --> 00:20:56,318 And you start to wonder if the doubt creeps in for Florida. 454 00:20:57,194 --> 00:20:58,612 [crowd applauds] 455 00:20:58,696 --> 00:20:59,905 [man] Whoo! 456 00:21:00,406 --> 00:21:04,201 [McDavid] It was a big game. It was a big game for our team, you know? 457 00:21:04,284 --> 00:21:06,453 Tough environment. On the road. 458 00:21:06,537 --> 00:21:09,039 This is what our group does. Our group responds. 459 00:21:09,123 --> 00:21:12,292 And we always play great when our back's against the wall. 460 00:21:12,376 --> 00:21:14,169 And we're gonna keep going. We're just gonna keep going, 461 00:21:14,253 --> 00:21:17,381 and, uh, be ready to roll for a big one on Friday. 462 00:21:17,464 --> 00:21:19,049 [producer] Do you think about legacy tonight? 463 00:21:19,133 --> 00:21:21,719 Do you think about... 464 00:21:22,636 --> 00:21:24,555 "I'm the greatest player in the world right now." 465 00:21:24,638 --> 00:21:26,515 No. No. No, I don't think about that. 466 00:21:26,598 --> 00:21:27,850 No, it's about... 467 00:21:28,767 --> 00:21:30,978 It's about winning. It's always been about winning. 468 00:21:31,061 --> 00:21:34,231 Um, it will always be about winning. 469 00:21:34,314 --> 00:21:37,609 Um, and we took one more step. 470 00:21:37,693 --> 00:21:40,571 Um, and that's it. 471 00:21:42,031 --> 00:21:43,449 [broadcaster] The Edmonton Oilers, 472 00:21:43,532 --> 00:21:46,285 Connor McDavid with an epic win last night. 473 00:21:46,368 --> 00:21:48,162 [broadcaster 2] Florida's got to be feeling it. 474 00:21:48,245 --> 00:21:49,705 Even though they're up 3 to 2, 475 00:21:49,788 --> 00:21:51,290 I think they're in a little bit of trouble. 476 00:21:51,373 --> 00:21:54,001 The next couple days, all they're gonna hear is, 477 00:21:54,084 --> 00:21:56,170 "Are you guys hearing the footsteps?" 478 00:21:56,253 --> 00:21:58,338 [Tkachuk] We wanted to end it in Game 5, 479 00:21:58,422 --> 00:22:02,009 but, um, they're such a good hockey team. 480 00:22:02,092 --> 00:22:06,013 Very rarely in sports do you beat a team four games in a row, 481 00:22:06,096 --> 00:22:07,723 especially a team of their caliber. 482 00:22:07,806 --> 00:22:11,226 And how you play ultimately throughout the whole series 483 00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:14,730 is how well can you execute your game plan 484 00:22:14,813 --> 00:22:17,066 towards the end of the series, and how much can you wear them down? 485 00:22:17,149 --> 00:22:19,985 So hopefully we've worn them down enough where we can get a win here in Game 6. 486 00:22:24,948 --> 00:22:26,992 [broadcaster] Now we've got a series. 487 00:22:27,076 --> 00:22:28,410 This is very real. 488 00:22:28,494 --> 00:22:31,497 And Game 6 in Edmonton is going to be a banger. 489 00:22:31,580 --> 00:22:33,624 [announcer] For Connor McDavid and his mates, 490 00:22:33,707 --> 00:22:35,584 the job is only half finished. 491 00:22:35,667 --> 00:22:38,962 Tonight, they face elimination against the Panthers team, 492 00:22:39,046 --> 00:22:40,839 hoping the third time is the charm. 493 00:22:42,424 --> 00:22:44,885 [Subban] If they get up early there, the roof's coming off. 494 00:22:45,761 --> 00:22:47,805 [announcer 1] And it's headed to Draisaitl. 495 00:22:47,888 --> 00:22:49,139 With a lot of help. 496 00:22:49,223 --> 00:22:51,767 Draisaitl, down low, they score! 497 00:22:51,850 --> 00:22:52,893 Beautiful pass! 498 00:22:52,976 --> 00:22:55,521 And it's 1-0 Oilers. 499 00:22:55,604 --> 00:22:58,273 [announcer 2] Leon Draisaitl, welcome to the series. 500 00:22:58,774 --> 00:23:01,026 Let's go, what a play. 501 00:23:01,110 --> 00:23:03,195 [announcer 1] In front, and knocked away. 502 00:23:03,278 --> 00:23:05,989 Good spin by Bouchard, hold on! Break away! 503 00:23:06,073 --> 00:23:08,367 [suspenseful music playing] 504 00:23:11,912 --> 00:23:13,580 [announcer 1] In the express lane! 505 00:23:13,664 --> 00:23:15,415 Scores! 506 00:23:15,499 --> 00:23:17,793 [crowd cheering] 507 00:23:17,876 --> 00:23:19,294 [uplifting music playing] 508 00:23:24,675 --> 00:23:27,302 [announcer 1] They haven't stopped believing. 509 00:23:27,386 --> 00:23:30,889 And this series gets dragged back to South Florida 510 00:23:30,973 --> 00:23:35,477 for a winner-take-all Stanley Cup Final Game 7. 511 00:23:37,271 --> 00:23:39,148 And they won 5-1 tonight 512 00:23:39,231 --> 00:23:41,692 without a point and without a shot on goal 513 00:23:41,775 --> 00:23:43,652 from Connor McDavid. 514 00:23:45,821 --> 00:23:47,197 [man] Fucking-A, boys! 515 00:23:47,281 --> 00:23:50,409 Come on, one more. One more, huh? Let's go. 516 00:23:50,492 --> 00:23:53,328 Great job, boys. No one's getting ahead of ourselves, huh? 517 00:23:53,412 --> 00:23:56,999 Next one's gonna be the fucking hardest one, let's understand that. 518 00:23:57,082 --> 00:23:58,876 This is going to a guy who... 519 00:24:00,043 --> 00:24:01,587 is under so much pressure all the time, 520 00:24:01,670 --> 00:24:03,922 but he stepped up in a big way and got us going: Leo. 521 00:24:04,006 --> 00:24:05,591 [all cheer and applaud] 522 00:24:14,558 --> 00:24:17,102 [Tkachuk] We had a players-only meeting after Game 6. 523 00:24:17,186 --> 00:24:20,147 After that, turn the page right away. Just forget about it. 524 00:24:20,230 --> 00:24:22,900 Travel back to Florida because you realize there's one game left. 525 00:24:22,983 --> 00:24:23,817 Go and win the thing. 526 00:24:25,777 --> 00:24:27,446 [Blackburn] Heading into a Game 7, 527 00:24:27,529 --> 00:24:31,200 you now have the desperation coming from both sides 528 00:24:31,283 --> 00:24:34,036 because the Panthers don't want to be known as the team 529 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,830 that choked it in the final after going up 3-0. 530 00:24:36,914 --> 00:24:40,834 Like, that is humiliating. That's demoralizing. 531 00:24:42,836 --> 00:24:45,214 [Zito] I think the range of human emotions 532 00:24:45,297 --> 00:24:47,925 probably courses through me every day. 533 00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:51,094 You are at once excited, 534 00:24:51,178 --> 00:24:52,554 appreciative, 535 00:24:53,639 --> 00:24:56,225 nervous, reflective. 536 00:24:56,308 --> 00:24:58,060 Tomorrow night we have a game. 537 00:24:59,102 --> 00:25:00,562 Possibly win the Stanley Cup. 538 00:25:00,646 --> 00:25:03,899 And how you got here doesn't matter. 539 00:25:04,858 --> 00:25:07,945 [Tkachuk] The Stanley Cup final, everything just get magnified so much. 540 00:25:08,028 --> 00:25:10,280 But the emotions now are-- 541 00:25:10,364 --> 00:25:13,867 You know, you build for a whole entire season, 542 00:25:13,951 --> 00:25:15,452 and it comes down to one game. 543 00:25:15,535 --> 00:25:17,329 I mean, it's 24 hours away, almost. 544 00:25:17,996 --> 00:25:21,667 It's crazy, the Cup's in the building and will be for one team. 545 00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:24,336 So the desperation on both sides will be huge. 546 00:25:24,419 --> 00:25:26,380 [reporter] If you win tomorrow, you win the Stanley Cup. 547 00:25:26,463 --> 00:25:29,466 If you lose, you're the team that blew the 3-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. 548 00:25:29,549 --> 00:25:32,010 Is this a career-defining moment? 549 00:25:32,094 --> 00:25:36,139 I think the talks with leads in series, whether it's 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 550 00:25:36,223 --> 00:25:40,978 whatever it is, it's a lot of noise coming from everybody but us. 551 00:25:41,061 --> 00:25:45,482 Most teams, when you lose three in a playoff series, 552 00:25:45,565 --> 00:25:47,192 you don't have a chance at another game. 553 00:25:47,276 --> 00:25:49,695 And somehow, both of us have an opportunity still. 554 00:25:49,778 --> 00:25:52,739 So, um, very exciting. Kind of leave it all out there. 555 00:25:56,994 --> 00:25:59,329 You know, you don't win a series with three games. 556 00:25:59,413 --> 00:26:00,664 It's first to four. 557 00:26:00,747 --> 00:26:02,541 We won three. Doesn't mean anything. 558 00:26:02,624 --> 00:26:04,459 They won the next three. It means nothing. 559 00:26:05,961 --> 00:26:08,130 You dream about this. Like, this is... 560 00:26:08,922 --> 00:26:13,885 I never dreamed about, you know, winning the Cup in Game 4 or 5 or 6. 561 00:26:13,969 --> 00:26:17,639 Or, you know, scoring the big goal or making the big play in those games. 562 00:26:17,723 --> 00:26:19,725 It was always, you know, my brother and I 563 00:26:19,808 --> 00:26:22,436 playing mini hockey downstairs or street hockey outside. 564 00:26:22,519 --> 00:26:24,021 And it was Game 7. 565 00:26:24,104 --> 00:26:26,231 Always. Each and every single time. 566 00:26:26,315 --> 00:26:28,734 [woman] Is it seven, Matthew? 567 00:26:28,817 --> 00:26:30,027 Okay. 568 00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:31,862 [crowd] Let's go, Oilers! 569 00:26:34,323 --> 00:26:37,326 [McDavid] Game 7 for the Cup is special. 570 00:26:37,409 --> 00:26:39,202 We want the Cup! 571 00:26:39,286 --> 00:26:41,079 It's a heck of an opportunity in front of us 572 00:26:41,163 --> 00:26:43,415 to realize a lifelong dream and get it done. 573 00:26:43,498 --> 00:26:45,042 [woman] Let's go, Panthers! 574 00:26:45,125 --> 00:26:47,586 [Blackburn] The Oilers have known both triumph and tragedy 575 00:26:47,669 --> 00:26:49,421 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. 576 00:26:50,213 --> 00:26:52,549 The last time they won a Cup in Game 7, 577 00:26:52,632 --> 00:26:54,968 it was the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, 578 00:26:55,052 --> 00:26:58,013 who made an unbelievable play to win the Cup for them. 579 00:26:58,597 --> 00:27:01,641 [announcer] Grasps at the puck, Gretzky intercepts it, to Kurri. 580 00:27:01,725 --> 00:27:03,935 Kurri puts it off the left post and in. 581 00:27:04,686 --> 00:27:06,313 [Blackburn] I would have to imagine that Connor McDavid 582 00:27:06,396 --> 00:27:08,398 is well aware of that history. 583 00:27:08,482 --> 00:27:11,693 [broadcaster] I get the feeling that we are about to witness 584 00:27:11,777 --> 00:27:15,572 one of the greatest spectacles that I can remember in my lifetime. 585 00:27:15,655 --> 00:27:17,866 Like, I can't imagine higher stakes on both sides. 586 00:27:17,949 --> 00:27:20,660 You never know how careers go. This is Connor McDavid. 587 00:27:20,744 --> 00:27:22,329 This could be his only real shot. 588 00:27:22,412 --> 00:27:23,413 And then on the other side, 589 00:27:23,497 --> 00:27:25,332 the Panthers facing an all-time blown lead, 590 00:27:25,415 --> 00:27:27,000 all-time choke job. 591 00:27:27,084 --> 00:27:28,627 Unbelievable that we get to witness this tonight. 592 00:27:29,628 --> 00:27:31,671 [interviewer] Connor, in those times where your mind is wandering, 593 00:27:31,755 --> 00:27:33,006 what do you do to refocus? 594 00:27:33,090 --> 00:27:34,424 There's still a game to play on Thursday, 595 00:27:34,508 --> 00:27:36,009 and it's going to be the toughest one. 596 00:27:36,093 --> 00:27:37,511 They're going to be ready. 597 00:27:37,594 --> 00:27:39,012 We're going to be ready, it's going to be a great game. 598 00:27:39,096 --> 00:27:41,640 Just excited. Excited for the opportunity. Excited to play. 599 00:27:41,723 --> 00:27:44,726 It's the last game for a while, so I'm just looking forward to playing. 600 00:27:45,727 --> 00:27:47,229 [Tkachuk] Take care of home ice, boys. 601 00:27:47,312 --> 00:27:50,399 You fucking put me in that locker room last year in Vegas, Game 5. 602 00:27:50,482 --> 00:27:52,901 You tell me you have a fucking Game 7 at home? 603 00:27:52,984 --> 00:27:54,069 You fucking kidding me? 604 00:27:54,152 --> 00:27:55,570 [player 1] You're awake. Come on, men. 605 00:27:55,654 --> 00:27:57,572 You're a fucking star here, hey, fellas? 606 00:27:57,656 --> 00:27:59,658 [player 2] Unshakable belief, brother. 607 00:27:59,741 --> 00:28:02,119 Fucking-A, we've had that the whole year. 608 00:28:02,202 --> 00:28:03,578 [excited chatter] 609 00:28:05,163 --> 00:28:06,915 [Blackburn] If Tkachuk wins, 610 00:28:06,998 --> 00:28:08,875 you got the Panthers winning their first Stanley Cup. 611 00:28:08,959 --> 00:28:10,710 [crowd] Let's go, Panthers! 612 00:28:10,794 --> 00:28:12,838 [Blackburn] And put his name on the Cup, 613 00:28:12,921 --> 00:28:15,006 which is something that Keith never did. 614 00:28:16,258 --> 00:28:18,844 But Connor McDavid winning his first Stanley Cup 615 00:28:18,927 --> 00:28:24,141 after going down 3-0 in the Cup Final and climbing all the way back would be wild. 616 00:28:24,224 --> 00:28:26,893 I don't think either Matthew Tkachuk or Connor McDavid 617 00:28:26,977 --> 00:28:29,896 could be more desperate in this moment heading into Game 7 to win it. 618 00:28:29,980 --> 00:28:31,857 [crowd] Let's go, Panthers! 619 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,401 Let's go, Panthers! 620 00:28:34,484 --> 00:28:38,113 -[Blackburn] It can only go to one. -[crowd] Let's go, Panthers! 621 00:28:38,196 --> 00:28:39,531 [announcer] Game 7. 622 00:28:39,614 --> 00:28:42,576 Winner take all tonight for the Stanley Cup. 623 00:28:43,452 --> 00:28:44,911 [Tkachuk] I love Game 7's. 624 00:28:44,995 --> 00:28:47,038 There's nothing like it in the world. 625 00:28:47,122 --> 00:28:50,834 Because we're putting everything we've ever had into these 60 minutes. 626 00:28:51,501 --> 00:28:53,879 There's no tomorrow. Win or lose, there is nothing tomorrow. 627 00:28:54,754 --> 00:28:56,548 [McDavid] It's nerve-racking. It's exciting. 628 00:28:56,631 --> 00:28:59,050 It kind of plays with all your emotions. 629 00:28:59,426 --> 00:29:03,472 There's really no game that you can play in that's bigger than Game 7 630 00:29:03,555 --> 00:29:04,723 for the Stanley Cup final. 631 00:29:07,142 --> 00:29:08,643 [announcer] This is, without question, 632 00:29:08,727 --> 00:29:10,854 one of the most meaningful games 633 00:29:10,937 --> 00:29:13,440 in the 107-year history of the NHL. 634 00:29:13,523 --> 00:29:15,984 [referee] We're good! Have a good one, boys! 635 00:29:16,735 --> 00:29:18,320 [McDavid] A lot of emotions. 636 00:29:18,403 --> 00:29:20,447 You know, a pretty nervous start. 637 00:29:20,530 --> 00:29:21,698 Crowd was going crazy. 638 00:29:22,657 --> 00:29:24,910 [whistle blows] 639 00:29:24,993 --> 00:29:28,455 [announcer 1] Penalty here, just 2:21 in. 640 00:29:28,538 --> 00:29:30,707 [announcer 2] It's gonna be a two-minute minor. 641 00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:33,418 Four! Four! Give him four! 642 00:29:33,502 --> 00:29:34,878 Give him four! 643 00:29:34,961 --> 00:29:38,632 I don't care. Give him four. Four! Four! 644 00:29:39,174 --> 00:29:42,135 [referee] Minor penalty, 37. High stick. 645 00:29:45,347 --> 00:29:47,224 [Tkachuk] It's a little bit of feeling out at the start. 646 00:29:47,307 --> 00:29:51,102 But then once something happens, you know, you get hit, you hit somebody. 647 00:29:51,186 --> 00:29:54,481 It's like, all right, let's go. We're in it. 648 00:29:56,399 --> 00:29:59,277 [Maurice] Get something to the net. Get something to the net! 649 00:29:59,361 --> 00:30:02,614 Help him! Help him! Help him! Go! Go! 650 00:30:03,615 --> 00:30:05,158 [announcer] They score! 651 00:30:05,242 --> 00:30:06,159 [player] Yeah! 652 00:30:06,243 --> 00:30:08,995 Evan Rodrigues threw it toward the net. 653 00:30:09,079 --> 00:30:10,622 [cheering] 654 00:30:10,705 --> 00:30:13,166 And a 1-0 Florida lead. 655 00:30:14,459 --> 00:30:16,419 [excited shouting] 656 00:30:17,963 --> 00:30:20,840 [Tkachuk] Getting the first goal and getting our crowd into it was awesome. 657 00:30:20,924 --> 00:30:22,008 Like, huge. 658 00:30:23,093 --> 00:30:25,470 -[Maurice] Good start, baby. Good start! -[crowd] Let's go, Panthers! 659 00:30:26,596 --> 00:30:28,640 Let's go, Panthers! 660 00:30:29,766 --> 00:30:31,768 [McDavid] Being down one, that was tough. 661 00:30:32,644 --> 00:30:35,689 But obviously the focus is find a way to get it in the net. 662 00:30:35,772 --> 00:30:38,233 Up our fucking urgency and let's fucking go. 663 00:30:38,316 --> 00:30:39,609 We gotta get one. 664 00:30:40,402 --> 00:30:42,737 [announcer] The Oilers have to take a deep breath 665 00:30:42,821 --> 00:30:44,948 and get themselves back to work. 666 00:30:45,031 --> 00:30:47,242 Ceci ahead, great pass. 667 00:30:47,325 --> 00:30:48,785 [player] Up! Up! Up! Up! 668 00:30:49,869 --> 00:30:51,746 [announcer] Here's Janmark in alone. 669 00:30:51,830 --> 00:30:53,123 He scores! 670 00:30:53,206 --> 00:30:54,583 [Janmark] Yeah! 671 00:30:54,666 --> 00:30:57,544 [announcer] Mattias Janmark just tied it at one! 672 00:30:57,627 --> 00:30:58,962 [player 1] Fuck yeah! 673 00:30:59,045 --> 00:31:00,505 Let's go! 674 00:31:05,677 --> 00:31:07,095 [cheering] 675 00:31:08,847 --> 00:31:10,974 [announcer] Well, if the teams were nervous, 676 00:31:11,057 --> 00:31:12,601 it was not evident. 677 00:31:12,684 --> 00:31:15,687 Very little from Connor McDavid in this first period. 678 00:31:15,770 --> 00:31:17,606 We're going to find it, we're going to find one. 679 00:31:18,106 --> 00:31:19,983 They're going to get tired running around like that, man. 680 00:31:20,066 --> 00:31:21,610 -Take advantage. -Let's tilt the rink here. 681 00:31:21,693 --> 00:31:23,612 We know this game's going to be a tight one. 682 00:31:23,695 --> 00:31:24,654 Fuck yeah. 683 00:31:24,738 --> 00:31:26,948 [Tkachuk] That's a great period, boys. 684 00:31:27,699 --> 00:31:29,659 [player] Keep fucking earning it. 685 00:31:29,743 --> 00:31:30,910 Keep earning it. 686 00:31:30,994 --> 00:31:32,912 Hang onto it down there. 687 00:31:34,289 --> 00:31:36,249 Hang onto it and we'll tilt the rink here. 688 00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:38,543 Stick to the fucking process, man. 689 00:31:38,627 --> 00:31:40,295 [Tkachuk] Now we do that again. 690 00:31:40,378 --> 00:31:42,339 We do that again. Keep changing well. 691 00:31:42,422 --> 00:31:44,299 Keep changing well, we'll catch them. 692 00:31:45,342 --> 00:31:47,969 Come on, boys, hey? Skating your fucking ass off. 693 00:31:48,053 --> 00:31:49,471 All night. 694 00:31:49,554 --> 00:31:51,681 [crowd] Let's go, Panthers! 695 00:31:51,765 --> 00:31:53,558 Let's go, Panthers! 696 00:31:55,644 --> 00:31:57,854 [announcer] Bodies are flying. There's a call here. 697 00:31:57,937 --> 00:32:00,231 I fell. I fell. I fell. 698 00:32:01,483 --> 00:32:02,734 I fell. 699 00:32:02,817 --> 00:32:04,694 [announcer] Matthew Tkachuk for tripping here. 700 00:32:04,778 --> 00:32:06,571 [referee] Minor penalty, 19, tripping. 701 00:32:06,655 --> 00:32:08,156 I fell. 702 00:32:08,239 --> 00:32:11,618 [Brady] Fucking awful call. That's a fucking awful call. 703 00:32:14,537 --> 00:32:16,998 Early, early. Should be ready for the pass. 704 00:32:17,082 --> 00:32:18,249 Okay, got it. 705 00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:19,876 Let's go here, our time. C'mon! 706 00:32:21,503 --> 00:32:23,088 [announcer] Oilers are on the power play. 707 00:32:23,171 --> 00:32:25,548 [Maurice] Stay sharp! Stay sharp, baby! 708 00:32:25,632 --> 00:32:28,259 [announcer] McDavid, they drop it back to him, 709 00:32:28,343 --> 00:32:30,011 so he comes with some speed. 710 00:32:30,095 --> 00:32:32,889 Doesn't take him long to get to full speed. 711 00:32:33,598 --> 00:32:35,809 McDavid, Bouchard. 712 00:32:35,892 --> 00:32:38,269 Save made by Bobrovsky. 713 00:32:38,353 --> 00:32:41,481 McDavid circles, throws it to the side of the net. 714 00:32:41,564 --> 00:32:44,734 Covered by Bobrovsky. 715 00:32:44,818 --> 00:32:47,153 [announcer 2] The power play for the Oilers goes for naught. 716 00:32:47,237 --> 00:32:49,155 [Subban] Defense wins championships. 717 00:32:49,239 --> 00:32:51,491 Massive, massive penalty kill. 718 00:32:51,574 --> 00:32:54,077 [McDavid] It's frustrating. It is very frustrating. 719 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:55,745 In the moment, you're just saying, 720 00:32:55,829 --> 00:32:58,039 "We're gonna get another look. We're gonna get another look." 721 00:32:58,707 --> 00:32:59,541 Just keep going. 722 00:33:01,334 --> 00:33:02,293 [player shouts] 723 00:33:03,461 --> 00:33:06,506 [Tkachuk] Cup Final, like, it's not supposed to be easy. 724 00:33:06,589 --> 00:33:09,217 So, like, let's go get the next one. 725 00:33:09,884 --> 00:33:12,178 [announcer] Foegele tries to walk out in front. 726 00:33:12,262 --> 00:33:16,933 It was "Pray!" in the crease, and played away from harm. 727 00:33:17,809 --> 00:33:19,561 Here's Reinhart on the counter. 728 00:33:20,228 --> 00:33:23,148 Sam Reinhart scores! 729 00:33:23,231 --> 00:33:26,359 -[horn blowing] -[all cheering] 730 00:33:30,405 --> 00:33:31,781 [player] Fuck, yeah. 731 00:33:33,408 --> 00:33:34,826 [crowd] Let's go, Panthers! 732 00:33:34,909 --> 00:33:37,328 [announcer] And this place is rocking again. 733 00:33:39,330 --> 00:33:41,541 [crowd] Let's go, Panthers! 734 00:33:42,208 --> 00:33:46,629 [announcer] And the Florida Panthers will take a 2-1 lead to the third period. 735 00:33:46,713 --> 00:33:48,923 [player] Fuck yeah, let's go earn that shit. 736 00:33:49,007 --> 00:33:50,675 [Tkachuk] Okay, we got it. We got it. 737 00:33:50,759 --> 00:33:52,427 We gotta get it, though. Gotta get it. 738 00:33:52,510 --> 00:33:54,179 Gotta try to go get the next one. 739 00:33:54,262 --> 00:33:56,306 [man] Back against the wall one more time. 740 00:33:56,389 --> 00:33:58,933 -One last fucking time. Keep pushing. -Fucking right. 741 00:33:59,017 --> 00:34:00,602 We just keep pushing. 742 00:34:01,561 --> 00:34:03,188 That's it. Just keep pushing. 743 00:34:03,271 --> 00:34:04,105 It's coming, boys. 744 00:34:04,189 --> 00:34:05,607 [Tkachuk] Forwards, let's all be aware too. 745 00:34:05,690 --> 00:34:08,610 Obviously we want fucking Barky on McDavid all night. 746 00:34:08,693 --> 00:34:11,070 So be aware of our changes. Make sure you're fucking listening. 747 00:34:11,153 --> 00:34:13,281 [player] Third's been our best all fucking year, eh? 748 00:34:13,363 --> 00:34:14,949 All fucking year. 749 00:34:15,033 --> 00:34:17,827 [Tkachuk] Low scoring, that's our game. That ain't theirs. 750 00:34:17,910 --> 00:34:19,621 They can't play that way. 751 00:34:20,412 --> 00:34:21,456 We're the fucking best at it. 752 00:34:21,539 --> 00:34:23,958 [Knoblauch] This just fucking adds to our story of our year. 753 00:34:24,042 --> 00:34:26,544 Fucking where we started and where we're gonna fucking end. 754 00:34:26,628 --> 00:34:28,630 All right? We're gonna fucking do this. 755 00:34:28,713 --> 00:34:30,965 You got 20 minutes, let's fucking go get 'em. 756 00:34:31,048 --> 00:34:32,926 [man] Shake and bake here! Here we go! 757 00:34:33,008 --> 00:34:34,968 Come on, here it comes. 758 00:34:35,053 --> 00:34:36,638 Let's fucking go. Come on! 759 00:34:38,430 --> 00:34:40,725 [announcer] One-goal deficit headed to the third. 760 00:34:41,351 --> 00:34:44,144 One more comeback required for the Oilers. 761 00:34:45,104 --> 00:34:48,566 [McDavid] I was proud of the way our group fought in the third period. 762 00:34:48,650 --> 00:34:50,568 Understand that, you know, it's a big moment, 763 00:34:50,651 --> 00:34:52,278 and try to be patient. 764 00:34:54,197 --> 00:34:55,990 [announcer] Here's McDavid. 765 00:34:56,074 --> 00:34:58,034 Pass batted down by Tkachuk. 766 00:34:58,117 --> 00:34:59,327 [player] Hey! 767 00:34:59,410 --> 00:35:01,621 [announcer 1] McDavid lost it. Up high. 768 00:35:02,455 --> 00:35:04,123 McDavid hasn't found any room yet. 769 00:35:04,207 --> 00:35:06,334 [announcer 2] They've been able to contain McDavid 770 00:35:06,417 --> 00:35:09,462 and not allowing him the free ice where he can make things happen. 771 00:35:10,964 --> 00:35:12,632 Let's go, let's go, hey! 772 00:35:12,715 --> 00:35:14,300 Let's go, regroup. 773 00:35:15,301 --> 00:35:18,972 [Tkachuk] We locked it down so well in that third with McDavid. 774 00:35:19,055 --> 00:35:21,474 [announcer] Down low, McDavid! 775 00:35:21,558 --> 00:35:24,561 Free puck mayhem! And they cannot score! 776 00:35:25,562 --> 00:35:28,314 McDavid was all alone at the net front. 777 00:35:29,399 --> 00:35:31,943 [McDavid] It's disappointing that it didn't go in. 778 00:35:32,026 --> 00:35:35,321 I made the move I wanted and just wasn't able to tuck it in. 779 00:35:38,366 --> 00:35:40,743 [broadcaster] Each tick of the clock is a little tighter. 780 00:35:40,827 --> 00:35:43,079 Gets to be a little harder to make a play. 781 00:35:43,872 --> 00:35:47,041 The pressure starts to build, even just moment by moment. 782 00:35:47,917 --> 00:35:51,379 [announcer] Towards the net and tipped over the cage by McDavid. 783 00:35:51,462 --> 00:35:54,465 [McDavid] Nine times out of ten that puck finds a way to get in the net. 784 00:35:54,549 --> 00:35:56,092 But for whatever reason, it didn't. 785 00:35:57,093 --> 00:35:59,679 [Tkachuk] You see the guys diving and blocking shots, 786 00:35:59,762 --> 00:36:01,222 willing to put their face on the line. 787 00:36:01,306 --> 00:36:03,224 Like, that's how our team is. 788 00:36:03,308 --> 00:36:05,977 [announcer] The net is empty with 1:10 to go. 789 00:36:06,060 --> 00:36:08,479 Edmonton with all kinds of pressure. 790 00:36:08,563 --> 00:36:10,273 McDavid spins away. 791 00:36:10,356 --> 00:36:12,483 Centers one! Oh, Bobrovsky! 792 00:36:12,567 --> 00:36:14,569 Twenty seconds to go. 793 00:36:14,652 --> 00:36:17,655 One last gasp for Edmonton. 794 00:36:17,739 --> 00:36:19,449 [player] Go, go, go. 795 00:36:21,534 --> 00:36:23,494 [announcer] Twelves seconds to go. 796 00:36:23,578 --> 00:36:25,622 [crowd cheering] 797 00:36:26,539 --> 00:36:27,707 Three seconds to go! 798 00:36:29,459 --> 00:36:31,961 -[horn blows] -The Florida Panthers 799 00:36:32,045 --> 00:36:34,130 have won the Stanley Cup! 800 00:36:34,213 --> 00:36:36,090 [players shouting and cheering] 801 00:36:38,384 --> 00:36:41,721 [announcer] As this remarkable Oiler comeback 802 00:36:41,804 --> 00:36:43,932 falls one game short. 803 00:36:44,015 --> 00:36:48,353 You know, the heartache of losing a Game 7 after just such an effort 804 00:36:48,436 --> 00:36:52,440 to get this team and this franchise back to the Stanley Cup Final. 805 00:36:52,523 --> 00:36:54,192 [uplifting music playing] 806 00:37:01,616 --> 00:37:02,700 He did it! 807 00:37:04,035 --> 00:37:05,703 Dad, he did it! 808 00:37:06,454 --> 00:37:07,747 Stand up, stand up. 809 00:37:09,791 --> 00:37:11,209 [Chantal] He did it! 810 00:37:12,543 --> 00:37:16,965 [announcer] The Tkachuk family, Keith Tkachuk wiping tears from his eyes. 811 00:37:17,048 --> 00:37:19,133 A distinguished 18-year career, 812 00:37:19,217 --> 00:37:23,304 but Matthew has just done something that he did not do: 813 00:37:23,388 --> 00:37:24,681 win the Stanley Cup. 814 00:37:25,723 --> 00:37:27,976 [Tkachuk] I'll never be able to explain how I felt 815 00:37:28,059 --> 00:37:29,352 when that clock hit zero. 816 00:37:29,435 --> 00:37:33,731 The most incredible feeling you could ever have in this sport, ever. 817 00:37:33,815 --> 00:37:35,900 [uplifting music playing] 818 00:37:36,734 --> 00:37:39,112 [Chantal] He did it! He did it! 819 00:37:39,195 --> 00:37:41,030 [crowd cheering] 820 00:37:41,948 --> 00:37:45,034 [announcer] Connor McDavid, you know, what a regular season. 821 00:37:45,118 --> 00:37:46,119 A hundred assists. 822 00:37:46,202 --> 00:37:48,371 Look at the respect that he's gonna get. 823 00:37:48,454 --> 00:37:51,416 Did everything he could during this playoff run. 824 00:37:51,499 --> 00:37:54,877 Just an amazing performance. 825 00:37:55,461 --> 00:37:57,463 -Congrats. -Well deserved, well deserved. 826 00:37:57,547 --> 00:37:58,381 Hopefully we'll see you next year, alright? 827 00:37:58,464 --> 00:37:59,298 Appreciate it, yeah. 828 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,635 [McDavid] We had our looks, we had our chances. 829 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:04,929 But ultimately, nothing went. That's the way it goes. 830 00:38:06,014 --> 00:38:08,224 [somber music playing] 831 00:38:16,024 --> 00:38:17,817 You won the Conn Smythe. 832 00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:21,195 -[McDavid] They want me to go out there? -Yeah. 833 00:38:21,279 --> 00:38:27,326 [Bettman] The player who is going to be given the Conn Smythe this year 834 00:38:28,077 --> 00:38:30,163 led the playoffs in scoring 835 00:38:30,246 --> 00:38:35,376 and broke Wayne Gretzky's assist record for playoffs. 836 00:38:35,460 --> 00:38:39,547 The winner of the Conn Smythe is Connor McDavid. 837 00:38:41,382 --> 00:38:44,135 [announcer 1] Connor won't come out to accept the award. 838 00:38:44,218 --> 00:38:45,720 [announcer 2] You know, for Connor McDavid, 839 00:38:45,803 --> 00:38:47,889 that's got to be a tough one. 840 00:38:47,972 --> 00:38:50,683 The ultimate goal is to win the Stanley Cup. 841 00:38:52,602 --> 00:38:55,813 [McDavid] We lost in the most heartbreaking way. 842 00:38:55,897 --> 00:38:58,441 It was a moment that I'll never forget, ever. 843 00:38:58,524 --> 00:39:03,029 Um, and something that no Conn Smythe Trophy, no... 844 00:39:03,780 --> 00:39:05,323 I wouldn't have gone out there for a million dollars. 845 00:39:06,491 --> 00:39:10,286 [announcer] Only one trophy that everybody wanted to see presented tonight. 846 00:39:10,912 --> 00:39:13,081 [official] Ladies and gentlemen... 847 00:39:13,706 --> 00:39:17,001 the Stanley Cup! 848 00:39:17,085 --> 00:39:19,420 [crowd cheering] 849 00:39:20,213 --> 00:39:21,631 [player] Yeah! 850 00:39:21,714 --> 00:39:23,132 Yeah! 851 00:39:26,094 --> 00:39:27,804 [announcer] Well, there's Matthew Tkachuk. 852 00:39:27,887 --> 00:39:29,514 It's the Tkachuk family. 853 00:39:29,597 --> 00:39:31,182 Yeah! Yeah! 854 00:39:34,685 --> 00:39:37,688 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! 855 00:39:39,524 --> 00:39:41,359 Yeah! 856 00:39:42,401 --> 00:39:45,446 [Tkachuk] For me, 26 years of hard work going into one moment. 857 00:39:45,530 --> 00:39:48,491 So, just so cool. You can't describe it. 858 00:39:49,909 --> 00:39:51,661 They say it's 35 pounds. 859 00:39:51,744 --> 00:39:55,581 That first time you lift it up, it does not feel that heavy. 860 00:39:56,332 --> 00:39:59,919 And the more times you lift it now, you realize your pecs are sore 861 00:40:00,002 --> 00:40:02,505 and your shoulders are sore because it's-- It's not easy. 862 00:40:02,588 --> 00:40:05,133 Fucking right. We did it. I can't believe it. 863 00:40:05,216 --> 00:40:07,385 [cheering] 864 00:40:07,468 --> 00:40:09,178 [somber music playing] 865 00:40:14,225 --> 00:40:17,436 [Hyman] Hey, there's nothing that's gonna make this feel better. 866 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,106 Nothing we say. But I know we're gonna be back. 867 00:40:20,189 --> 00:40:22,275 I fucking know we're gonna be back, boys. 868 00:40:22,358 --> 00:40:24,026 I know it in my fucking heart. 869 00:40:26,195 --> 00:40:28,698 There's nothing that's gonna be-- Make this feel better. 870 00:40:28,781 --> 00:40:31,075 This is the fucking worst feeling in the world. 871 00:40:31,159 --> 00:40:32,368 [crying] 872 00:40:45,715 --> 00:40:47,300 [indistinct chatter] 873 00:40:47,383 --> 00:40:48,885 [Chantal] Brady! 874 00:40:48,968 --> 00:40:50,386 Brady! 875 00:40:55,016 --> 00:40:57,101 [Brady] You won the fucking Stanley Cup. 876 00:40:57,185 --> 00:40:58,644 Oh, my fucking God. 877 00:40:58,728 --> 00:41:01,147 Hey, congratu-fucking-lations, hey? 878 00:41:01,230 --> 00:41:04,233 You won the fucking childhood dream. You won the childhood dream. 879 00:41:04,317 --> 00:41:05,276 [Chantal] Matthew. 880 00:41:06,652 --> 00:41:08,321 Race, race, race, race! 881 00:41:09,113 --> 00:41:10,573 Yay! 882 00:41:10,656 --> 00:41:12,617 [man] Matthew wins the gold! 883 00:41:14,076 --> 00:41:17,663 [Keith] I'm just fucking proud of you, I'm so proud of you. 884 00:41:17,747 --> 00:41:19,081 I'm so proud of you, man. 885 00:41:19,165 --> 00:41:20,666 Fuck, I cried man. 886 00:41:20,750 --> 00:41:23,669 I can't believe I'm gonna hand my dad the Stanley Cup right now. 887 00:41:23,753 --> 00:41:24,712 Hey! 888 00:41:29,217 --> 00:41:30,635 [reporter] Turn around! 889 00:41:31,594 --> 00:41:32,803 How's it feel? 890 00:41:33,596 --> 00:41:35,973 [Tkachuk] Seeing him lift up the Cup in front of all my teammates, 891 00:41:36,057 --> 00:41:39,644 and guys I went to battle with all year that he saw as well, 892 00:41:39,727 --> 00:41:41,020 you can't make it up. 893 00:41:41,103 --> 00:41:42,021 So special to me. 894 00:41:42,104 --> 00:41:43,356 [reporter] Matthew! 895 00:41:45,024 --> 00:41:46,150 Hey... 896 00:41:47,526 --> 00:41:49,195 [woman] Whoo-hoo! 897 00:41:55,034 --> 00:41:57,119 ♪ Don't say it's over ♪ 898 00:41:58,496 --> 00:42:00,831 ♪ 'Cause that's the worst news I could hear ♪ 899 00:42:00,915 --> 00:42:02,708 ♪ I swear that I will ♪ 900 00:42:04,043 --> 00:42:08,130 ♪ Do my best to be here Just the way you like it ♪ 901 00:42:09,423 --> 00:42:12,301 ♪ Even though it's hard to hide ♪ 902 00:42:12,385 --> 00:42:14,971 ♪ Push my feelings all aside ♪ 903 00:42:15,054 --> 00:42:19,350 ♪ I will rearrange my plans And change for you ♪ 904 00:42:24,563 --> 00:42:26,524 [McDavid] There was a lot of, uh... 905 00:42:26,607 --> 00:42:29,652 A lot of pain in that room. A lot of, uh... 906 00:42:30,444 --> 00:42:34,740 Uh... yeah. Like, I can't even explain it to you. 907 00:42:34,824 --> 00:42:36,033 So fucking hard. 908 00:42:36,117 --> 00:42:38,411 [man] Get the fucking cameras out of here, man. 909 00:42:38,494 --> 00:42:39,704 [guard] Okay, go. 910 00:42:39,787 --> 00:42:42,748 [McDavid] I don't think the average fan or the average person 911 00:42:42,832 --> 00:42:45,918 understands, um, those moments. 912 00:42:46,002 --> 00:42:49,380 You've just gone through months and months and months 913 00:42:49,463 --> 00:42:52,633 of just, like, grinding and working, 914 00:42:52,717 --> 00:42:55,177 and all these ups and downs and peaks and valleys. 915 00:42:55,261 --> 00:42:57,054 [reporter] Is there a moment for you personally 916 00:42:57,138 --> 00:42:58,597 that you thought could go the other way? 917 00:43:00,558 --> 00:43:03,728 Um, I mean, you want me to say the chance in front, I guess. 918 00:43:03,811 --> 00:43:07,231 But, yeah, I wish it went in, but, you know, um... 919 00:43:09,567 --> 00:43:11,068 it didn't, you know? 920 00:43:11,152 --> 00:43:12,153 Thanks. 921 00:43:13,821 --> 00:43:15,740 One day, when we, um... 922 00:43:16,824 --> 00:43:19,160 When we do lift that trophy, it'll be... 923 00:43:19,243 --> 00:43:22,538 something that I look back on and point to and say, 924 00:43:22,621 --> 00:43:24,248 "This is what made it all worth it." 925 00:43:24,332 --> 00:43:25,958 [all cheer] 926 00:43:27,126 --> 00:43:29,545 ♪ If it's the beaches ♪ 927 00:43:30,254 --> 00:43:34,842 ♪ If it's the beaches' sands you want Then you will have them ♪ 928 00:43:35,968 --> 00:43:40,389 ♪ If it's the mountains' bending rivers Then you will have them ♪ 929 00:43:41,349 --> 00:43:45,478 ♪ If it's a wish to run away Then I will grant it ♪ 930 00:43:46,979 --> 00:43:49,815 ♪ Take whatever you think of ♪ 931 00:43:49,899 --> 00:43:52,401 ♪ While I go gas up the truck ♪ 932 00:43:52,485 --> 00:43:55,404 ♪ Pack the old love letters up ♪ 933 00:43:55,488 --> 00:43:58,074 ♪ We will read them When we forget why... ♪ 934 00:43:58,157 --> 00:44:00,368 [all cheering] 935 00:44:07,249 --> 00:44:09,418 Hey, Amazon, good luck charm. 936 00:44:11,587 --> 00:44:13,589 [Tkachuk] My dad played on some great teams 937 00:44:13,672 --> 00:44:17,176 and, you know, obviously was never able to pull through. 938 00:44:17,259 --> 00:44:18,844 But I think if you ask him, 939 00:44:18,928 --> 00:44:21,055 he wouldn't change a thing for this moment right now. 940 00:44:21,138 --> 00:44:24,683 The Tkachuk name's finally on it, and it's so important for me 941 00:44:24,767 --> 00:44:26,685 to share that with my family. 942 00:44:36,654 --> 00:44:38,572 [Subban] This year was one of the craziest years 943 00:44:38,656 --> 00:44:39,740 in the National Hockey League. 944 00:44:39,824 --> 00:44:42,284 I mean we had heartbreak, we had triumph. 945 00:44:42,368 --> 00:44:46,539 We had the league's best player lead his team from down 3-0 946 00:44:46,622 --> 00:44:51,627 in the Stanley Cup Finals, only to see a family legacy fulfilled. 947 00:44:51,710 --> 00:44:52,711 Yeah! 948 00:44:52,795 --> 00:44:55,506 [Subban] One one team can etch their name on the Stanley Cup. 949 00:44:55,589 --> 00:44:56,924 And when it happens, 950 00:44:57,007 --> 00:45:01,303 it usually leaves every other player sitting there thinking in their stall 951 00:45:01,387 --> 00:45:03,722 or back home, "What's it gonna take?" 952 00:45:04,807 --> 00:45:05,808 [laughs] 953 00:45:05,891 --> 00:45:08,519 [Nylander] Take a couple weeks to digest what happened. 954 00:45:09,353 --> 00:45:10,980 Come back home to Sweden. 955 00:45:11,063 --> 00:45:14,525 You know, get to see the family and then hang out with my buddies. 956 00:45:14,608 --> 00:45:16,527 [laughter] 957 00:45:16,610 --> 00:45:18,737 Slowly start to get back into working out. 958 00:45:18,821 --> 00:45:23,200 And you know that next year, you get another crack at it. 959 00:45:23,951 --> 00:45:25,161 [crying] 960 00:45:25,244 --> 00:45:27,705 Yeah! Turn the camera off, dude. 961 00:45:29,707 --> 00:45:32,293 [Hughes] After a long, hard season, you can kind of, you know, 962 00:45:32,376 --> 00:45:35,546 look back and appreciate everything and be proud of yourself, 963 00:45:35,629 --> 00:45:39,258 and getting away from hockey and not just being a hockey player. 964 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:43,721 Now I can enjoy the summer and look forward to getting back. 965 00:45:43,804 --> 00:45:44,680 [strums] 966 00:45:45,890 --> 00:45:48,309 I was really hoping that we were gonna come 967 00:45:48,392 --> 00:45:50,686 and there was gonna be a lot of people here working. 968 00:45:50,769 --> 00:45:53,189 At the end of the day, I'll have an opportunity 969 00:45:53,272 --> 00:45:54,857 to do something you love every day. 970 00:45:54,940 --> 00:45:56,609 I think that's the most important thing. 971 00:45:56,692 --> 00:45:58,110 [laughing] 972 00:45:59,361 --> 00:46:03,991 [Landeskog] For me, to get the opportunity to suit up and skate on that ice again, 973 00:46:04,074 --> 00:46:07,328 I am never taking any of that for granted again. 974 00:46:07,411 --> 00:46:08,412 Come here! 975 00:46:08,496 --> 00:46:10,331 [interviewer] Who's got the better sty, between you two? 976 00:46:10,414 --> 00:46:12,041 [both laugh] 977 00:46:13,083 --> 00:46:16,337 [Draisaitl] When you're one game away from achieving it all, 978 00:46:16,420 --> 00:46:18,714 the hard part is more so just the what-ifs. 979 00:46:19,423 --> 00:46:22,843 I could only imagine what it feels like when you actually do get there. 980 00:46:24,887 --> 00:46:27,389 [McDavid] This is what I was supposed to do. 981 00:46:27,473 --> 00:46:29,808 I've worked really hard to be in this position. 982 00:46:29,892 --> 00:46:31,936 Is there pressure to do it? Sure, there is. 983 00:46:32,895 --> 00:46:35,731 But nobody wants the Stanley Cup more than I do. 984 00:46:35,814 --> 00:46:38,400 [announcer] What a play by McDavid! 985 00:46:38,484 --> 00:46:40,736 [McDavid] This will be the thing that I chase, 986 00:46:40,819 --> 00:46:42,655 until I can't chase it anymore. 987 00:46:43,948 --> 00:46:46,200 [upbeat techno music playing]