WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Vegas Golden Knights' inexplicable inaugural season just keeps getting sweeter.
Vegas defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 2-1, on Sunday in Winnipeg to punch its ticket to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Golden Knights dropped the first game of the Western Conference Finals then won four-straight, never trailing in that span.
The Golden Knights become the second expansion team in the NHL, NBA, NFL or MLB since 1960 to reach a championship series in their first season. The other team was the 1967-68 St. Louis Blues, although that was a time when the league had just 12 teams and eight made the playoffs.