By NHL Public Relations

June 6, 2023

 The Stanley Cup Final will return to Sunrise for the first time in 27 years when the Golden Knights and Panthers contest Game 3 on Thursday. South Florida will be hosting two championship series this week as both the Stanley Cup Final and NBA Finals descend on the area. 

Vegas moved within two wins of its first title by matching the NHL benchmark for goals through two games of a Stanley Cup Final (12) in what is so far the highest-scoring championship series since 1982 (16 combined goals). 

Game 3 will mark the 27th anniversary of Florida’s first Stanley Cup Final home game on June 8, 1996. Fourteen of the 23 players on the current roster (1 GP in 2023 playoffs) were born prior to this day. 

Source: NHL Morning Skate: Stanley Cup Final Edition – June 6, 2023