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Best Knight ever: Vegas dominates en route to 1st Stanley Cup

LAS VEGAS — When the Vegas Golden Knights entered the NHL in 2017 as an expansion team, their owner Bill Foley said his plan was to win the Stanley Cup in six years. That prophecy was emphatically fulfilled Tuesday night in Las Vegas, as the Golden Knights blew out the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game […]

On cusp of title, Golden Knights lean on players who’ve ‘been here before’

LAS VEGAS — Although Tuesday will mark the first time the Vegas Golden Knights can clinch a Stanley Cup, they have a few players on their roster who’ve been in the position before. The message from those players is simple: Stay focused on the end goal while enjoying the pressure that comes with it all. […]

How unbreakable Mark Stone has led Vegas to brink of Cup

“Whatever we’ve got to do at this time of year, we’ve got to do it,” forward Nicolas Roy said. “If we’ve got to take a hit. If we’ve got to block a shot.” Seated next to Roy was Mark Stone, the Golden Knights’ captain. He has hurt. And they have won. Like in Game 3 […]

Marchessault, Golden Knights overpower Panthers, take 2-0 lead

Hill made 29 saves, and Marchessault had an assist to finish with three points. Marchessault’s 12 postseason goals set a Golden Knights record, with all coming after the first round as Vegas continues to show off its depth and drive. “It’s part of our game. We know we have to roll four lines and be […]

Panthers vow to be better for Bobrovsky, ‘our best player’

LAS VEGAS — The Florida Panthers have an answer for why Sergei Bobrovsky allowed four goals and was pulled early in their 7-2 defeat Monday against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Their response? It’s not Bobrovsky’s fault that the Golden Knights have a 2-0 series lead. It’s on […]

Stanley Cup Final 2023: What we learned in Game 2

As the scene shifts to Florida for Games 3 and 4, what have we learned so far, and how will those lessons impact the remainder of the Final? ESPN reporters Ryan S. Clark, Emily Kaplan, Kristen Shilton and Greg Wyshynski check in with their thoughts after a wild Game 2: Do we have a goaltending […]

Marchessault, Golden Knights overpower Panthers, take 2-0 lead

LAS VEGAS — Jonathan Marchessault scored twice and started an early blitz that chased the NHL’s hottest postseason goaltender, and Adin Hill continued his stellar play as the Vegas Golden Knights seized control of the Stanley Cup Final with a 7-2 victory over the Florida Panthers to take a 2-0 series lead Monday night. “It’s […]

Panthers vow to be better for Bobrovsky, ‘our best player’

Bobrovsky was pulled a little more than seven minutes into the second period after allowing four goals on 13 shots. It’s the second consecutive game in which Bobrovsky, a two-time Vezina Trophy recipient, allowed four goals with the biggest difference in Game 1 being the Golden Knights needed 33 shots throughout an entire 60-minute session […]

Rest-of-season rankings: The most improved players

There isn’t anything special about the rankings here compared to every week, but that’s because these rest-of-season rankings aim to capture a snapshot of what a draft might be like every single week of the season. With that in mind, we are going to highlight some of the biggest swings in value since the puck […]

Fantasy hockey’s most consistent players: Midseason edition

The rest-of-season fantasy hockey rankings are available every Monday here on ESPN.com, but there is more you can glean from this season when digging a bit deeper — especially for the most popular format of head-to-head points. We do an offseason piece here looking at consistency by comparing the weekly output of each player over […]