
They absorbed Florida’s strong push out of the gate and punched back with a power-play goal by Stone late in the first period to head to the dressing room tied 1-1 after 20 minutes. The Golden Knights played a relatively strong road game Thursday, outshooting the Panthers 27-23. (We’re) facing a little bit of adversity. Didn’t start great, but I thought we got to our game there as the game progressed. I thought we did a lot of good things throughout the game.

“It’s not always going to be perfect, right?” he said. Louis trailed in the series on two occasions. His lone trip to the Cup final in 2019 with the Blues was a knock-down, drag-out fight where St. Veteran defenseman Alex Pietrangelo has been through this before. They make a play and here we are, moving on.”Ĭhalk up a 10th straight overtime victory and the first-ever win in a #Stanle圜up Final game for the #NHLStats: /OenWgykWyW “You never want to blow a lead, but give them credit. “Nobody says it was going to be easy,” said Jack Eichel, who added to his team-record 23 points this postseason with a gorgeous saucer pass to set up Jonathan Marchessault’s second-period goal. They expected the Panthers to fight for their Cup lives, so when the Panthers did what they’ve done all postseason - find big plays when they need it most - it didn’t shake Vegas. They knew this trip wasn’t going to be a leisurely stroll down South Beach. Stone and his teammates weren’t surprised.

… Kind of sat back a little bit, but (we have to) regroup and get ready for Game 4.” Overall, I thought we were playing a really solid game. Weren’t really capitalizing on our chances.

“I think we were playing a really good five-on-five game there. “We didn’t capitalize on chances,” he said. Captain Mark Stone stood in front of his stall, calmly and confidently explaining where he felt the team could’ve been better. The way it ended could’ve been jarring for Vegas, but the mood in the dressing room following the loss suggested the opposite.
