Thirteen times since the NHL was founded in 1917, eight times since expansion in 1967, a team has won the Stanley Cup two consecutive times, then failed to make it three in a row (not counting streaks of three or more championships).

On four occasions, a team has won two titles then come up short after having advanced to the Stanley Cup Final a third straight year.

Should the Florida Panthers make it three in a row this season, they’ll impressively do so after having played some of the season without a sparkplug forward and likely the entire schedule without their captain.

Matthew Tkachuk seems likely to be sidelined until at least December following Aug. 22 surgery to repair a torn adductor muscle. Captain Aleksander Barkov then had surgery on Sept. 26 to repair the ACL and MCL in h

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