After struggling late in the regular season and not even starting Game 1 against Boston in the first round, he was excellent as Florida pulled off consecutive upsets of the Bruins, Maple Leafs and Hurricanes. Only the 2011 Bruins forced their opponents to yank their goalie more times in a single postseason.īobrovsky is perhaps the biggest reason why the Panthers-which had the worst regular-season record of any playoff team-have made it all the way to the Final. It was the fifth time in 19 games this postseason that Vegas chased its opponents’ starting goalie. The goal led Florida coach Paul Maurice to pull goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who faced 13 shots and stopped only nine of them. Less than halfway through the second period, Golden Knights forward Brett Howden scored to make it 4–0.

After winning Game 1, 5–2, Vegas squashed the Panthers again in Game 2, winning 7–2 to head to Florida with a 2–0 series lead. The Golden Knights have dominated the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final. South Florida’s other team isn’t doing so hot If you're reading this on SI.com, you can sign up to get this free newsletter in your inbox each weekday at SI.com/newsletters. The most interesting South Florida sports story right now might actually be Luis Arraez’s batting average.

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