LAS VEGAS — In poker parlance, the NHL was dealt one royal flush of a game to kick off the 2018 Stanley Cup Final in Sin City.
In a game with four ties and four lead changes, Tomas Nosek scored the game-winning goal midway through the third period to lift the Vegas Golden Knights to a 6-4 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of the finals Monday night.
Shea Theodore collected the puck off a botched Washington clear and sent it to Nosek waiting at the side of the net, and the fourth-line winger slapped it past Braden Holtby.