When the Florida Panthers' stars had to deliver Tuesday, they delivered—with one in particular achieving immortality.

Panthers center Sam Reinhart scored four goals in Florida's 5–1 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, allowing his team to take home hockey's top prize for the second straight year. That made him, per Sportsnet in Canada, the first player to score four goals in a Stanley Cup Final game since Montreal Canadiens right wing Maurice Richard put four past the Boston Bruins in 1957.

Even more amazingly, however, Reinhart became the first to score four goals in a Stanley Cup clincher since 1922. It was Toronto St. Patricks right wing Babe Dye who sealed the deal that year against the Ottawa Senators with four goals in Game 5.

Every player to score four goals in a Stanley Cup Final game, in fact, is in the Hall of Fame.

Reinhart is still only 29, but if he wants to end his career in Toronto, back-to-back Cups with a four-goal clincher isn't a bad place to start.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Sam Reinhart Leads Panthers to Stanley Cup With Scoring Feat Not Seen in a Century.

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