FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
- F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 20
- F Eetu Luostarinen | Games Missed: 4
Total Playoff Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 34
Total Regular Season Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 239
LAST GAME
Panthers 2, Golden Knights 3 – June 10 – FLA Live Arena
FLA Goals: Montour (8), Barkov (5)
VGK Goals: Stephenson (9,10), Karlsson (11)
FLA Goalie: Bobrovsky (L) – 28 Saves
VGK Goalie: Hill (W) – 29 Saves
FLA Shots: 31
VGK Shots: 31
Notes: Brandon Montour (1-1-2) scored his eighth goal of the playoffs to become the ninth defenseman in NHL history to score eight goals in a single playoff year…Montour became the third defenseman in the past 28 years to score in consecutive games in the Stanley Cup Final, following Justin Braun (Game 2-3 in 2016 w/ SJS) and Brian Rafalski (Games 5-6 in 2008 w/ DET…Aleksander Barkov (1- 1-2) posted his fifth multi-point game of the 2023 postseason…Barkov’s nine career playoff multi-point games are tied with Carter Verhaeghe for the most in club history…Barkov won 63% of his faceoffs tonight (15/24) and led Florida with six shots on goal…Anton Lundell notched an assist for his third point (1-2-3) of the series…Sam Bennett led Florida with seven hits…FLA PP: 0-1, FLA PK: 1-1
PANTHERS vs. GOLDEN KNIGHTS
ALL-TIME vs. VGK: 4-5-1
ALL-TIME ROAD vs. VGK: 4-1-0
2022-23 vs. VGK: 1-1-0
PANTHERS PLAYOFF LEADERS
Goals: Tkachuk (11)
Assists: Tkachuk (13)
Points: Tkachuk (24)
Shots: Montour (72)
Hits: Gudas (86)
ROUND 1 – FLA (4) vs. BOS (3)
GAME 1 – FLA 1, BOS 3
GAME 2 – FLA 6, BOS 3
GAME 3 – BOS 4, FLA 2
GAME 4 – BOS 6, FLA 2
GAME 5 – FLA 4, BOS 3 [OT]
GAME 6 – BOS 5, FLA 7
GAME 7 – FLA 4, BOS 3 [OT]
ROUND 2 – FLA (4) vs. TOR (1)
GAME 1 – FLA 4, TOR 2
GAME 2 – FLA 3, TOR 2
GAME 3 – TOR 2, FLA 3 [OT]
GAME 4 – TOR 2, FLA 1
GAME 5 – FLA 3, TOR 2 [OT]
ECF – FLA (4) vs. CAR (0)
GAME 1 – FLA 3, CAR 2 [4OT]
GAME 2 – FLA 2, CAR 1 [OT]
GAME 3 – CAR 0, FLA 1
GAME 4 – CAR 3, FLA 4
SCF – FLA (1) vs. VGK (3)
GAME 1 – FLA 2, VGK 5
GAME 2 – FLA 2, VGK 7
GAME 3 – VGK 2, FLA 3 [OT]
GAME 4 – VGK 3, FLA 2
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Panthers will return to T-Mobile Arena looking to bring the series back to South Florida. The Cats own an 8-3 record on the road in the 2023 postseason, led by Sergei Bobrovsky’s 7-2 record and .936 save percentage away from FLA Live Arena. Matthew Tkachuk (5-8-13) and Carter Verhaeghe (5-6-11) each led Florida with five road goals in the playoffs, with three of Tkachuk’s five tallies being OT game winners. Nine different Panthers have totaled at least five points on the road, and Tkachuk and Brandon Montour each pace the club with plus-10 ratings.
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:
2023 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS – STANLEY CUP FINAL – VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. FLORIDA PANTHERS
Golden Knights 2022-23 Regular Season Record: 51-22-9, 111 points (25-15-1 at Home, 26-7-8 on Road)
DATE RESULT VGK GOALS VGK GOALIE FLA GOALIE
June 3 Vegas 5, Florida 2 81, 27, 2, 61, 19 Hill Bobrovsky
June 5 Vegas 7, Florida 2 81(2), 23, 10, 21(2), 22 Hill Bobrovsky/Lyon
June 8 Vegas 2, Florida 3 OT 61, 81 Hill Brobovsky
June 10 Vegas 3, Florida 2 20(2), 71 Hill Bobrovsky
DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
June 13 vs. Florida Panthers 5 p.m. TNT Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
*June 16 at Florida Panthers 5 p.m. TNT Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
*June 19 vs. Florida Panthers 5 p.m. TNT Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
*If Necessary
VGK/FLA – Regular Season Recap
The Vegas Golden Knights split the regular season series with the Florida Panthers 1-1-0. Vegas and Florida first met in January at TMobile Arena where the Golden Knights erased a 2-1 deficit in the third period to claim a 4-2 win. Nick Cousins and Nicolas Roy each scored to keep the game level but Sam Reinhart scored in the second to give Florida a 2-1 lead heading into the third period. In the final frame, it was all Vegas as Jack Eichel, William Carrier and William Karlsson sealed the 4-2 victory for the Golden Knights. In their second meeting Florida came out on top and pounced out to a 1-0 lead on a Ryan Lomberg goal less than five minutes into the contest. Florida added to the lead four minutes into the middle frame as Aleksandr Barkov made it a 2-0 game. Shea Theodore got the Golden Knights on the board with a power-play goal at 13:23 of the period and Vegas went into the third period trailing by a goal. The third period passed without a goal as the Panthers captured the 2-1 win.
2022-23 Season FLA Series: 1-1-0 (Home: 1-0-0, Road: 0-1-0)
Date Location Result Goaltenders GWG
Jan. 12 Vegas Vegas 4, Florida 2 Adin Hill (VGK) // Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA) William Carrier (VGK)
March 7 Florida Vegas 1, Florida 2 Adin Hill (VGK) // Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA) Aleksander Barkov (FLA)
2022-23 VGK Regular Season Leaders Against FLA
Skater GP G A P +/-
Ivan Barbashev* 3 1 3 4 +1
Keegan Kolesar 2 0 2 2 +2
Jack Eichel 2 1 1 2 -1
William Carrier 1 1 0 1 +2
William Karlsson 2 1 0 1 0
Nicolas Roy 1 1 0 1 +2
Shea Theodore 1 1 0 1 -1
*Ivan Barbashev’s points include contests with St. Louis
Game 4 Recap
June 10 – Vegas Golden Knights 3, Florida Panthers 2
The Vegas Golden Knights moved within one win of their ultimate goal as they picked up a 3-2 win in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night at FLA Live Arena. Chandler Stephenson got the scoring started less than two minutes into the game as he raced past the Florida defense and fired a shot home to make it 1-0 for the visitors. Stephenson doubled the lead in the second period as he one-timed a pass from Mark Stone to give the Golden Knights a 2-0 edge. Less than four minutes later, William Karlsson piled on with his first goal of the series to put Vegas ahead, 3-0. Brandon Montour banked a shot in off the Vegas defense to get the Panthers on the board late in the middle frame and the Golden Knights carried the 3-1 lead into the third period. Aleksander Barkov brought Florida to within one early in the third, but Adin Hill slammed the door late to give Vegas its 15th win of the postseason.
Making History
The Vegas Golden Knights’ Game 4 victory over the Florida Panthers marked the team’s 15th win this postseason, the most the club has ever had in the playoffs.
More History
Vegas seeks to become the seventh franchise in NHL history (and only the second in the modern era) to win its first Stanley Cup in six seasons or fewer, joining Toronto (1918 as Arenas, 1st season), Montreal Maroons (1926, 2nd season), NY Rangers (1928, 2nd season), original Ottawa Senators (1920, 3rd season), Boston (1929, 5th season) and Edmonton (1984, 5th season).
Welcome Back to Las Vegas
The Golden Knights and Panthers will return to Las Vegas for Game 5 on Tuesday. In seven all-time meetings at T-Mobile Arena, Vegas is a perfect 7-0-0 when welcoming Florida to The Fortress. The Panthers are the only team in the NHL to have not won a game at T-Mobile Arena. After Game 2, Vegas improved to 8-3 (.727) at home during the 2023 postseason, a new club benchmark for a single postseason and the best home winning percentage in the NHL.
Bouncing Back
After dropping Game 3 to the Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final, the Golden Knights bounced back to beat Florida, 3-2. Since March 1, Vegas boasts an 11-1-1 record after a loss and averages 4.23 goals per game in those contests, limiting their opponents to 2.08
