Las Vegas started the final perfectly by winning the first game against the Panthers (5-2).
The Golden Knights, thanks to three goals scored in the last period after having been hung for a long time, beat (5-2) the Panthers on Saturday at home, to lead a victory to zero in the final of the NHL championship.
In search of a first Stanley Cup, Vegas, which failed on the last step against Washington in 2018, the year of its integration into the league, finally had the last word after a very intense match, marked by numerous clashes causing the beginnings of fights. It was Zach Whitecloud who first freed the Navada team, finding the opposing goalkeeper’s left side netting just over six minutes into the final period, when Florida had been dangerous on several occasions. . Intercepting the puck in the air with his stick, before hitting it on the half-volley to deceive Sergei Bobrovsky, Mark Stone scored him the fourth goal six minutes later, before Reilly Smith gave more scope to the victory by scoring in the empty goal 105 seconds from the siren.
Florida, also in search of a first title, 27 years after a first missed opportunity against Colorado, nevertheless started this final ideally, when Eric Staal opened the scoring by straightening the puck after having byped the cage, celebrating as he owes its 100th game of play-offs. But at the end of the first period, Jonathan Marchessault equalized for Vegas, taking a back p from Chandler Stephenson. In the middle period, Shea Theodore gave the Golden Knights the lead with a long shot for the first time, but Anthony Duclair equalized 11 seconds from the siren, just after a throw-in, consoling his teammate Brandon Montour who came to touch the post.