The Florida Panthers stuck with recent practice and touched the Royal prince of Wales elderly executive vice head of state, advertising and marketing and principal branding policeman Brian Jennings offered the prize to Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov adhering to a 4 3 win versus the Carolina Hurricanes in Video Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final at FLA Live Sector in Dawn, Florida, on Wednesday. Barkov and his teammates postured for pictures with it prior to he carried it off the ice." The last point that we're going to do is be is superstitious regarding not touching it, " stated onward Matthew Tkachuk, that scored the video game winning objective with 4.9 seconds left in the 3rd period. "Like, no one said we were even going to make the playoffs. I think it's pretty trendy to touch it, lug it around and take images with it. We made that point." The Tampa Bay Lightning, that won the Prize each of the previous 3 periods, touched everything 3, however were defeated in the Cup Final by the Colorado Avalanche in six games last period. Prior to that Montreal Store, they won the Mug in 2020 versus the Dallas Stars and in 2021 versus the Montreal Canadiens after touching it each 1996, the just other time Florida won the Royal prince of Wales Prize, captain Brian Skrudland lifted the trophy; the Panthers were then swept by the Avalanche in the Mug will play the Vegas Golden Knights or Dallas Stars in the Stanley Mug Final. Las vega leads that series 3 1 and can advance to the Cup Final with a win in Game 5 on Saturday 8 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, CBC, SN, of the past seven teams to win the Cup have touched the Royal prince of Wales Trophy. Before 2020, Sidney Crosby touched it in 2016 and in 2017 before helping the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Cup each period, and Alex Ovechkin did the same in 2018 with the Washington Capitals, that won the practice of not touching the Royal prince of Wales Trophy hasn't exercised well for Eastern Seminar champs in recent seasons. The Boston Bruins in 2011 are the most recent team to win the Cup after selecting not to touch it. The previous 5 teams to refrain so shed the Mug captain Zdeno Chara did not touch the prize in 2019, and Boston lost to the St. Louis Blues in seven games in the Mug Final. The New Jersey Devils 2012, Bruins 2013, New York Rangers 2014 and Lightning 2015 all lost in the Mug Final after refusing to touch the of short-term divisional realignment due to COVID 19 in 2020 21, the third round of the playoffs was relabelled the semifinals, rather of the meeting finals. The Royal Prince of Wales Trophy was awarded to the Lightning after they defeated the New york city Islanders in the Prince of Wales Trophy has actually been granted to the Eastern Conference champion because the 1993 94 season." [We definitely really did not do it the very easy method, " Tkachuk said. "We earned it. I seem like if you're blocking shots, taking hits, doing whatever it takes to win a prize like that, you may too enjoy it." personnel author Amalie Benjamin added to this record