Stanley Cup Western Conference Finals

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3 seed Dallas vs the number 1 seed Vegas. The series starts Sunday night in Edmonton.

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The Vegas Golden Knights are appearing in the conference finals for the 2nd time in their 3 years of existence in the league. 

Dallas's last conference final appearance was in 2008.

 

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Stars 1 Golden Knights 0

John Klingberg scored the lone goal of the game 2 and half minutes into the first period.

Both teams only had 25 shots on goal.

Anton Khudobin got his first shutout of the playoffs. 

The teams looked tired. I think this every other day thing is wearing them out. There would at least be travel days in a normal series. 

Marc-Andre Fleury was in goal for Vegas this evening recording his first loss since the season restarted. I don't know what is going on with the club, but MAF has ticked off somebody. He went from #1 goalie to backup in the space of the layoff, making only 4 starts since the restart. This to a backup goalie the Knights picked up just before the layoff, Vegas being Robin Lehner's 3rd team in the last year. 

Weird situation. 

Dallas leads the series 1-0.

 

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Golden Knights 3 Stars 0

Vegas scored 3 goals in the 2nd and that's all they needed. 

The series is tied 1-1.

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Stars 3 Golden Knights 2 OT

Alexander Radulov with the game winner 31 seconds into overtime.

Dallas leads the series 2-1.

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Stars 2 Golden Knights 1

Dallas leads the series 3-1.

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Stars 3 Golden Knights 2 OT

Down 2-0 in the third period, Jamie Benn scored with 10:03 to go and Joel Kiviranata tied it with 1:47 left in regulation. 3:36 into overtime Denis Gurianov slapped one past Robin Lehner for the game winner.

Dallas wins the series 4-1 and are off to the Stanley Cup Finals.

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5 hours ago, swamprat said:

Dallas wins the series 4-1 and are off to the Stanley Cup Finals.

We're one Lightning win away from a Tampa Bay/Dallas Stanley Cup, something that would have made very little sense for the first 100 years of professional hockey.

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Well the Bolts got extended last night, so it is not a done deal, yet. 

Think about it if TB hangs on. A team from Texas and a team from Florida playing for the Stanley Cup, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 

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