LAS VEGAS — Zach Whitecloud scored from long range with just over 13 minutes left, after Adin Hill made arguably the best save of the playoffs, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 Saturday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. Original Knights players Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore also scored on Florida’s two-time Vezina winner Sergei Bobrovsky. Giving up a tying goal to Anthony Duclair with 10.2 seconds left in the second did not slow the Golden Knights’ momentum much. The Golden Knights are in the final for the second time in six years of existence, five years after making it in their inaugural season. It’s the 66th different matchup of teams in the Cup final in NHL history and the 46th since the expansion era began in 1967-68.

Source: thestar June 04, 2023 06:37 UTC