Edmonton Oilers alternate captain Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was held without a point in five out of six games in the 2025 Stanley Cup Final — and we now have a pretty good idea why.

The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by defeating 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.