If James Neal can impart one piece of advice on his Golden Knights teammates leading into the Stanley Cup Final, this is it:
“Stay in the moment,” he said.
Neal is playing in his second consecutive final after falling short with Nashville last season and is one of two Knights players who knows what it’s like to get this far in the postseason. (Three-time champion Marc-Andre Fleury is the other.)
With the series against the Washington Capitals set to begin at 5 p.m. Monday at T-Mobile Arena, the veteran forward has taken on a crucial leadership role for the expansion Knights.