Golden Knights fans overflow with high expectations, indulged by the success of a team that didn’t exist until 2017 but has made the NHL playoffs every season.
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Ed Graney
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Hired as Golden Knights coach in January of 2020, Pete DeBoer immediately believed he was to inherit a team capable of winning a Stanley Cup.
Changes must occur after the Knights were eliminated by Montreal 3-2 in overtime of Game 6 in a Stanley Cup semifinal.
With the Golden Knights one loss from elimination, team captain Mark Stone has zero points through five games of a Stanley Cup semifinal against the Montreal Canadiens.
Playing for the first time in 21 days and just the second in 42, Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner leads team past Montreal 2-1 in overtime.
As in a conference finals loss to Dallas last season, those expected to score goals for the Knights have failed over three games against Montreal.
The Knights again tempted fate with a slow start against Montreal, this time paying for it with a 3-2 defeat in a NHL semifinal series.
Led by Fleury’s terrific opening period, the Golden Knights grabbed a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven NHL semifinal series against Montreal.
Once the puck drops Monday, all which happened before means nothing in regard to which team ultimately advances to a Stanley Cup final.
Talked about all season, the depth of the Golden Knights struck again in a 6-3 series-clinching win at T-Mobile Arena.
The Golden Knights’ top-line forward and captain scored in overtime to clinch a 3-2 overtime playoff victory at Colorado.
Chandler Stephenson is the other top-line forward in this Golden Knights-Avalanche series who can fly.
The Knights on Friday night sought and earned a rebirth against Colorado in a best-of-seven Western Division final, beating the Avalanche 3-2.
For just the second time in their four seasons, the Golden Knights enter a best-of-seven playoff series as an underdog when they meet the Colorado Avalanche.
Twenty-seven days later, Max Pacioretty slid into a premier scoring area and fired one those mighty one-time rockets. Sure was different from being a game-time decision.