The Vegas Golden Knights are one win away from winning their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history after claiming a 3–2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, June 10, in Sunrise, Fla. The Golden Knights, who lead the best-of-seven series 3–1, will look to clinch the championship Tuesday at home. Chandler Stephenson…

SUNRISE, Fla.—Carter Verhaeghe scored 4:27 into overtime and the Florida Panthers pulled off some more postseason dramatics to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night, June 8. Matthew Tkachuk tied it with 2:13 left in the third period for the Panthers, who got the franchise’s…

LAS VEGAS—Jonathan Marchessault scored twice and started an early blitz that chased the NHL’s hottest postseason goalie, 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. Hill made 29…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Greg Cronin spent 36 years coaching at nearly every level of hockey before he finally got his first chance to be an NHL head coach. He believes the struggling but talented Anaheim Ducks will be worth that extraordinary wait. General manager Pat Verbeek hired the 60-year-old Cronin on Monday to lead the Ducks’ rebuilding…

LAS VEGAS —Back in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in five years and trailing the Florida Panthers less than 10 minutes into Game 1, the Vegas Golden Knights sent a very clear message. “We were ready,” Jonathan Marchessault said. Ready and relentless. Vegas rallied from an early deficit, got the go-ahead goal…

LAS VEGAS —Back in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in five years and trailing the Florida Panthers less than 10 minutes into Game 1, the Vegas Golden Knights sent a very clear message. “We were ready,” Jonathan Marchessault said. Ready and relentless. Vegas rallied from an early deficit, got the go-ahead goal…

The Vegas Golden Knights are off to the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in franchise history after closing out the Western Conference finals with a 6–0 road victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 on Monday, May 29. William Karlsson scored twice in a three-point game while William Carrier, Keegan Kolesar and…

Matthew Tkachuk is taking his flair for the dramatic to the Stanley Cup Final—and bringing the Florida Panthers with him. Tkachuk’s second goal of the game with 4.9 seconds remaining in regulation was the difference in Florida’s 4–3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday, May 24, in Sunrise, Fla., capping a four-game sweep of…

DALLAS—The Vegas Golden Knights kept their composure and got the best payback after an ugly hit early against their captain. They have a 3–0 series lead in the Western Conference Final and are now just one more win away from making it to another Stanley Cup Final. Ivan Barbashev scored a power-play goal after Dallas…

LAS VEGAS—A slashing penalty in the first period and a retaliatory cross check in the second not only sent Vegas’ Chandler Stephenson to the penalty box twice, but resulted in a conversation with coach Bruce Cassidy in the second intermission. “Let’s not let our egos get in the way of having success,” Cassidy told Stephenson….