The Sharks on Sunday night avoided elimination for the second straight game in dramatic fashion, beating the Golden Knights 2-1 in double overtime of Game 6 in this Western Conference quarterfinal before what ultimately became a despondent 18,458 fans at T-Mobile Arena.
There are miles and miles to go — think a car drive from here to Nebraska and back — before a rematch could become reality, before the Golden Knights and Winnipeg might again meet for the right to play for a Stanley Cup.
The Wild beat Vegas again Monday, this time by a 4-2 final before an announced gathering of 18,328, where the visitors forechecked any sort of raucous atmosphere right out of the Golden Knights home arena.
By now, you’ve probably seen the asterisk or the parentheses, which is how one TV graphic listed the 1967-68 St. Louis Blues in context with the Golden Knights and making it to the Stanley Cup Final as an expansion team.
A recent incident in Chicago comes during Hockey for Everyone Month, a way for the league to drive positive social change and encourage inclusive communities.
Fourteen years ago Wednesday, Marc-Andre Fleury was drafted No. 1 overall by Pittsburgh, the only NHL sweater he has worn until now, and arrives to Las Vegas with three Stanley Cups.
On the day history is made for Las Vegas and its NHL team, the key will be how things look at the box office 3 years from now.
