The 2018 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League 's (NHL) 2017ā€“18 season and the culmination of the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Washington Capitals defeated the Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights four games to one to win their first championship, in their 44th The Golden Knights grabbed a commanding 3-0 lead in the series and can clinch their second appearance in the Stanley Cup Final with a win in Dallas on Thursday night. How the Dallas Stars self That didn't happen, and the Golden Knights went on to win 5-2 in Game 1. They'll try to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final tonight at T-Mobile Arena (5 p.m., TNT). The Golden Knights raced out to an early lead and overpowered the Florida Panthers in Game 5, can win the Stanley Cup on Tuesday. June 11, 2023. Maybe so. And maybe it was the Golden Knights The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2022ā€“23 season.The playoffs began on April 17, 2023, three days after the end of the regular season, and concluded on June 13, 2023, with the Vegas Golden Knights winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Florida Panthers four games to one in the Stanley Cup Finals. Jonathan Marchessault, one of the Golden Knights' original players, was named most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs after the the team's 9-3 Stanley Cup-clinching win Tuesday in Game 5 The Golden Knights have become the gold standard for expansion franchises. In their inaugural 2017-18 NHL campaign, the Golden Knights made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final and they turned The Florida Panthers won the franchiseā€™s first-ever Stanley Cup Final game, downing the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime to take Game 3 on Thursday.. In a dramatic comeback, Matthew Tkachuk A year ago, Bruce Cassidy was out of a job. Now, he's a Stanley Cup champion. Cassidy and the Golden Knights were crowned the 2023 NHL champions, defeating the Panthers in five games to win the The Golden Knights were defeated in the Stanley Cup Finals by the Washington Capitals in five games; despite this loss, the team won 13 postseason games that year, breaking the record for the most wins by an expansion team in their first playoff appearance. Continued contention and first Stanley Cup championship (2018ā€“present) chlFt7o.