For such a fledgling organization, the Vegas Golden Knights sure have had their share of heartbreak.
They had the dream inaugural season end with the Washington Capitals passing around the Stanley Cup in their own arena. Worse than that, it seemed, was the crushing collapse in the first round of last season’s playoffs when the San Jose Sharks, who had fallen behind 3-1 in the series, scored four times on a controversial five-minute major penalty late in the third period of Game 7 before eliminating the Golden Knights in overtime.
No scar, however, might have been more damaging in their three-year history than a failure to survive the Vancouver Canucks inside the Edmonton bubble.