Vegas rallied from an early deficit, got the go-ahead goal from Zach Whitecloud with just over 13 minutes left.
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.Ready and dominant. Vegas rallied from an early deficit, got the go-ahead goal from Zach Whitecloud with just over 13 minutes left and arguably the best save of the playoffs from Adin Hill and beat Florida 5-2 Saturday night to take the lead in the best-of-seven series.
The combination of that offense and Hill's 33 saves put Vegas up after a feisty opener between Sun Belt teams who wasted little time getting acquainted with big hits during play and plenty of post-whistle pushing and shoving. “That’s an unreal save — it's a game-changer,” coach Bruce Cassidy said. “You need those saves at key moments.”
“I played a good game,” Bobrovsky said."I played a solid game. They created some good chances other than goals. They had lots of good scoring chances, and that was fun.”Less than 10 minutes in, Hill was none too happy about Nick Cousins crashing into his crease and gave the agitating Panthers winger a jab that incited a handful of scrums.
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