Golden Knights advance to 2nd Stanley Cup Final after Game 6 win over Stars

DALLAS — William Karlsson scored two objectives and had an help because the Vegas Golden Knights superior to their second Stanley Cup Final with a 6-0 rout Monday evening over the Dallas Stars, who had prolonged the Western Conference Final to 6 video games after shedding the primary three.

William Carrier, Keegan Kolesar and Michael Amadio every had a objective and an help for the Knights, and Jonathan Marchessault had a objective. Carrier, Marschessault and Karlsson have been all a part of the inaugural 2017-18 Knights season that ended of their Cup Final.

Adin Hill stopped 23 photographs for his second profession playoff shutout – each towards the Stars. The different was 4-0 in Game 3 final Tuesday, when the Knights have been already inside one win of clinching the collection earlier than Dallas overcame 1-0 and 2-1 deficits in each Games 4 and 5.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final towards Florida can be Saturday evening in Las Vegas.

Vegas led the Western Conference within the common season with 51 wins and 111 factors. The Panthers accomplished a four-game sweep of Carolina within the East closing final Wednesday, however their 40 wins and 92 factors within the common season have been the fewest among the many 16 groups that started these NHL playoffs.

Instead of getting to face a do-or-die Game 7 at dwelling towards the Stars, coach Bruce Cassidy and the Knights acquired off to a different quick begin and by no means left any doubt in regards to the end result of this collection that included three additional time video games.

The Stars acquired captain Jamie Benn again after his two-game suspension for a cross-check to the neck space of Vegas captain Mark Stone early in Game 3. But Benn already had a minus-2 ranking with no shot after enjoying solely 3:46 within the first interval.

Vegas led for good when Carrier scored 3:41 into the sport after a puck poked from behind the online within the neighborhood of three Dallas gamers. Carrier skated throughout the entrance of the crease and put a backhander within the web, the ninth time this postseason the Knights scored within the first 5 minutes of a recreation.

Karlsson’s power-play objective got here halfway by the primary interval made it 2-0, and after a penalty that doubtless had prevented him from scoring.

Nicolas Roy took a shot that deflected off Jake Oettinger’s glove and popped up within the air behind the goalie. Karlsson was charging into the crease when Stars defenseman Esa Lindell raised his stick and swatted the puck out of play, drawing a delay of recreation penalty.

With the person benefit, Reilly Smith took a shot from the circle to the left, which was deflected in entrance by Roy after which off Oettinger’s prolonged skate earlier than Karlsson knocked within the rebound.

After Kolesar made it 3-0 within the first, and Marchessault scored his ninth objective within the second, Karlsson’s franchise report tenth objective of those playoffs prolonged the result in 5-0 solely two minutes into the third interval.

Oettinger had been 3-0 when the Stars have been going through elimination this postseason, together with Game 7 within the second spherical towards Seattle earlier than stopping 64 of 68 photographs the previous two video games towards the Knights.

That was after Vegas had scored three objectives on 5 photographs within the first 7:10 to chase him from Game 3, which was the one lopsided recreation within the collection till the finale. Two of their three common season recreation went to shootouts.

Dallas was solely the fifth crew to pressure a Game 6 in an convention closing or NHL semifinal after being down 0-3, and the primary for the reason that Stars misplaced to Detroit in a sixth recreation in 2008. Only two groups acquired to a Game 7, which each misplaced – the New York Islanders to Philadelphia in 1975; and the New York Rangers to Boston in 1939.