Captain Mark Stone scored a hat trick and Nicolas Hague, Alec Martinez, Reilly Smith, Michael Amadio, Ivan Barbashev and Nicolas Roy all added singles as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers 9-3 on Tuesday to win their first-ever Stanley Cup.
Vegas defeated Florida in five games, capping off a 111-point season where it finished first in the Western Conference. It’s a spectacular accomplishment for the NHL’s second-youngest franchise, which won a title in its sixth year of operation.