Dave Portnoy remains on track for a massive payday after the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars to book their spot in the Stanley Cup Final.
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist as the Oilers beat the Stars 2-1 on Sunday. The victory means Edmonton wins the series 4-2.
The Oilers, who last reached the championship round in 2006, will now face the Florida Panthers in a top-seven series that begins Saturday at Sunrise.
After Sunday’s game, Barstool founder Portnoy posted a clip of him celebrating the win at home.
He revealed after the game that he would win $1 million if Edmonton’s biggest ground hockey prize, plus $1.1 million if the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals.
Dave Portnoy remains on track for eye-popping payday after Oilers beat Stars
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist as the Oilers won 2-1 over the Stars.
“If both teams win, I will earn $7.5 min in 2024 and will have won all the big events this year.” “This race should be taught in history books,” Portnoy wrote on social media.
He claims to have already earned $5.4 million in 2024 alone, having backed Scottie Scheffler to win the Masters ($1.3 million), the UConn Huskies to win a national championship ($2.1 million), the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, Washington to win the Sugar Bowl (both $500,000) and Michigan will win the Rose Bowl ($1 million)
Meanwhile, in the video, a panting Portnoy yelled, “I told you this team would do it, I told you this team would do it.”
“I never doubted this team: we dominated from start to finish. We’re not done. We’re not done. The Cup doesn’t belong to South Florida. It belongs to Edmonton.
Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, who won three straight games to claim the Western Conference final in six games. Goalie Stuart Skinner made 34 saves and defenseman Evan Bouchard notched a pair of assists.
Mason Marchment responded with the only goal for the Stars, who were the conference regular-season champions. Goalie Jake Oettinger stopped eight shots.
McDavid celebrates his goal in the first period of Sunday’s victory over the Dallas Stars
McDavid’s highlight-worthy goal on a power play opened the scoring at 4:17 of the first period, converting his team’s first shot on net. The Oilers captain eluded a pair of defenders with deft toe drags before scoring a putback for his fifth goal of the playoffs.
Hyman added another man-advantage marker at 15:42 of the first to double the lead. McDavid fed a pass to Hyman as he headed to the slot, and he fired in from the top corner for his league-best 14th goal of the postseason.
Marchment finally settled Skinner with his team’s 30th shot of the night at 9:18 of the third period. Marchment’s shot went wide, but Tyler Seguin took possession and sent a pass to Marchment on goal, and he buried it for his third goal of the playoffs.
The Stars, who were the dominant team from the get-go, pressed feverishly but could not find an equalizer during a frenetic finale.
Dallas failed to convert on three power-play opportunities and failed to score a man-advantage score throughout the series. Edmonton has successfully resolved 28 shorthanded situations in its last 10 postseason games.
Oilers forward Evander Kane played just a few shifts in the final two periods after suffering an injury in the opening period. He spent most of the game sitting on the bench supporting his teammates.