By NHL Public Relations
June 7, 2023
After a raucous opening two games in Las Vegas that saw the home side take a 2-0 series lead, the Stanley Cup Final shifts to FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fla., on Thursday for Game 3.
The contest will mark the Panthers’ first Stanley Cup Final home game since 1996 and will be played exactly 27 years to the day of the first time they hosted a game in the championship series on June 8, 1996 (3-2 L vs. COL in Game 3 of 1996 SCF).
Vegas Golden Knights VS Florida Panthers
The Panthers enter Game 3 trailing 2-0 and will look to become the sixth team in NHL history to erase a series deficit of that length in a best-of-seven to win the Stanley Cup.
Vegas has nine different goal scorers through the first two games of the Final, the most ever by one team through two contests of the championship series. The previous high of eight was achieved by the 2014 Kings, 2006 Hurricanes, 1982 and 1981 Islanders, 1980 Flyers and 1973 Canadiens. All except Philadelphia went on to win the Cup.
Jonathan Marchessault is riding his second three-game goal streak this postseason and will take a seven-game point streak to South Florida – which is tied for the longest in Golden Knights playoff history.
Source: NHL Morning Skate: Stanley Cup Final Edition – June 6 & 7, 2023