The Golden Knights' Stanley Cup champions include defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and forward Ivan Barbashev (St. Louis Blues, 2019), center Chandler Stephenson (Capitals, 2018), and defenseman Alec Golden Knights center Paul Cotter (43) celebrates with the Stanley Cup after winning the NHL hockey championship series over the Florida Panthers at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Adin Hill, goaltender for the Vegas Golden Knights, speaks to the media prior to the annual charity gold tournament, VGK Golf Classic, at the Wynn Golf Course in Las Vegas, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. 2019 →. The 2018 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League 's (NHL) 2017–18 season and the culmination of the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Washington Capitals defeated the Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights four games to one to win their first championship, in Vegas Golden Knights Just six years into the franchise’s existence, the Golden Knights routed the Panthers 9–3 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals to capture the organization’s first-ever LAS VEGAS (AP) — Aaron Ekblad controlled his emotions the best he could after the Florida Panthers were eliminated by the Vegas Golden Knights in a 9-3 loss Tuesday night in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. As the Knights celebrated their first championship, Ekblad and the Panthers remained somber after a remarkable and improbable run through Stanley Cup Final score, results: Panthers cut Golden Knights' series lead to 2-1 behind Verhaeghe's OT winner Carter Verhaeghe scored the game-winner 4:27 into overtime, giving Florida its first Steve Marcus. Vegas Golden Knights fans cheer during a pep rally in Toshiba Plaza before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers at T-Mobile Arena Saturday, June 3, 2023. TYgk.