NHL 23 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Finals (Vegas vs. Florida) (Game 1) (2/3)

The 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Finals are set as the Vegas Golden Knights take on the Florida Panthers. For Vegas, they entered the NHL Playoffs as the first seed from the Pacific Division; they defeated the Winnipeg Jets (4-1), the Edmonton Oilers (4-2), and the Dallas Stars (4-2) to advance to their very first NHL Stanley Cup Finals appearance, having become an expansion team in NHL years ago in 2017. On the other hand, Florida enters the Finals as the Cinderella team, having been the second of two wild card teams in the Eastern Conference. The Florida Panthers upsetted the Boston Bruins (4-3), defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs (4-1), and swept the Carolina Hurricanes (4-0) to advance to their second appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, having last made it there in the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals. Will Florida break a 27 year drought to win their very first Stanley Cup, or will Vegas crush their dreams and earn their first Stanley Cup?