2023 Stanley Cup Finals

2023 Stanley Cup Finals
2023 Stanley Cup Finals
	* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)	Sunrise: FLA Live Arena (3, 4); Paradise: T-Mobile Arena (1, 2, 5)
Coaches	Florida: Paul Maurice; Vegas: Bruce Cassidy
Captains	Florida: Aleksander Barkov; Vegas: Mark Stone
National anthems	Florida: Phillip Phillips (3); Cassadee Pope (4); Vegas: Carnell Johnson
Referees	Steve Kozari (2, 4); Wes McCauley (1, 4); Dan O'Rourke (1, 3); Chris Rooney (2, 5); Kelly Sutherland (3, 5)
Dates	June 3–13, 2023
MVP	Jonathan Marchessault (Golden Knights)
Series-winning goal	Reilly Smith (12:13, second, G5)
Networks	Canada:; (English): CBC/Sportsnet; (French): TVA Sports; United States:; (English): TNT/TruTV, TBS (1–4)
Announcers	(CBC/SN) Chris Cuthbert and Craig Simpson; (TNT/TruTV/TBS) Kenny Albert, Eddie Olczyk, and Keith Jones; (NHL International) E. J. Hradek and Kevin Weekes

The 2023 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2022–23 season and the culmination of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers four games to one in the best-of-seven series to earn their first championship in their sixth season.^[2] The series began on June 3, and concluded on June 13.^[3]

This was the first Finals series since 2018 in which neither team had previously won the Stanley Cup.^[4] For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finals ran through the first weeks of June.^[3]

^ Kevin Weekes [@KevinWeekes] (June 4, 2023). "15th @StanleyCup Final, happy to be alongside my guy @EJHradek_NHL on the @NHL International Broadcast to 165 countries around the world. Please let us know where you're tuning in from !@FlaPanthers @GoldenKnights @NHL #HockeyTwitter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Almasy, Steve (June 14, 2023). "Vegas Golden Knights win first Stanley Cup in young franchise's history after defeating Florida Panthers". CNN.com. Cable News Network. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "2023 Stanley Cup Final Will Open Either Wednesday, May 31, or Saturday, June 3". media.NHL.com (Press release). NHL Enterprises, L. P. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ DeWitt, Andrew; McKenzie, Julian (May 30, 2023). "Stanley Cup Final 2023 odds, schedule: Panthers' Sergei Bobrovsky favored to win Conn Smythe". TheAthletic.com. The Athletic Media Company. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

[1] Kevin Weekes [@KevinWeekes] (June 4, 2023). "15th @StanleyCup Final, happy to be alongside my guy @EJHradek_NHL on the @NHL International Broadcast to 165 countries around the world. Please let us know where you're tuning in from !@FlaPanthers @GoldenKnights @NHL #HockeyTwitter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[2] Almasy, Steve (June 14, 2023). "Vegas Golden Knights win first Stanley Cup in young franchise's history after defeating Florida Panthers". CNN.com. Cable News Network. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

[Start_date-3] "2023 Stanley Cup Final Will Open Either Wednesday, May 31, or Saturday, June 3". media.NHL.com (Press release). NHL Enterprises, L. P. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

[4] DeWitt, Andrew; McKenzie, Julian (May 30, 2023). "Stanley Cup Final 2023 odds, schedule: Panthers' Sergei Bobrovsky favored to win Conn Smythe". TheAthletic.com. The Athletic Media Company. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

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