Here are live updates for game three of the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals between the Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers from south Florida. The Golden Knights won game one of the series on Saturday by a score of 5-2 and then clobbered the Panthers 7-2 on Monday.
8:28 PM ET–Early goal by Panthers defenseman Brandon Montour of Brantford, Ontario, who became a first time father during the playoffs. Montour scored at 4:o8 of the first period…goal came moments after Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made a save off the nob of his stick…Panthers scored on their second shot of the game….Eric Staal and Matthew Tkachuk had the assists…
8:30 PM ET–Great save by Adin Hill of the Golden Knights from the slot on a shot by Anthony Duclair…
8:30 PM ET–Only three shots after the first five minutes…2-1 Florida…
8:31 pm ET–Sam Bennett receives a high stick at the blueline heading into the Golden Knights zone…William Carrier goes to the penalty box…high sticking infraction came at the same time Keegan Kolesar gave a shoulder hit on Tkachuk…
8:38 PM ET–Golden Knights and Panthers have the two worst penalty killing units of all Stanley Cup finalists in hockey history…
8:39 PM ET–10 minutes in and Golden Knights only have one shot on goal…came from Zach Whitecloud…
8:42 PM ET–Tkachuk left after hit from Kolesar…staggering getting back to his feet…
8:44 PM ET–Barbashev tripped by Marc Staal…Vegas power play…
8:47 PM ET–Golden Knights shot on the power play hits the cross bar…
8:52 PM ET–Panthers have the 4-2 advantage on shots on goal with five minutes left in the first period…
8:53 PM ET–Carrier given a penalty for boarding and Gudas given a retaliation penalty for cross-checking…
8:54 PM ET–Duclair given a penalty for tripping Whitecloud with his skate…Golden Knights have 4 on 3 advantage…
8:55 PM ET–Golden Knights had only one four-on-three goal all season long…Mark Stone of Winnipeg, Manitoba deflects a shot by Jonathan Marchessault to tie the game at 1…power-play marker…Shea Theodore notched the other assist…
8:56 PM ET–Great save by Hill of Aleksander Barkov on an odd-man rush…another great save by Bobrovsky in the last few moments to keep the game tied…
9:02 PM ET–6-5 shots on goal for Vegas after one period…1-1 is the score…
9:21 PM ET–Second period just starts….after the Panthers dominated the first half of the first period, the Golden Knights dominated the second half…
9:21 PM ET–Carrier given third penalty of the game, this time for tripping…
9:23 PM ET–Golden Knights could have been called for too many men on the ice during the Panthers power-play
9:25 PM ET–Tkachuk returns to the Panthers bench…br
9:27 PM ET–Bobrovsky makes key glove save off of Nicolas Hague…
9:30 PM ET–Ekblad of the Panthers given a holding infraction…Golden Knights power-play…
9:31 PM ET–Vegas has the 8-5 shot advantage five minutes into the second period…
9:33 PM ET–Great save by Bobrovsky off of Nicolas Roy late on the Golden Knights man advantage…
9:34 PM ET–Brayden McNabb of Vegas given a penalty for tripping Duclair…
9:39 PM ET–Vegas has the 13-8 shots on goal advantage at midway point of the game…
9:44 PM ET–Bobrovsky makes a series of nice saves, including a rebound opportunity by Howden…
9:48 PM ET–Barkov given interference penalty…Vegas power-play…
9:50 PM ET–Power-play goal by Jonathan Marchessault of Cap-Rouge, Quebec….Jack Eichel and Mark Stone get the assists…2-1 Golden Knights with five minutes and one second left in the second period…Marchessault now tied with Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers in postseason goals with 13…
9:50 PM ET–Vegas has the 16-10 shot on goal advantage with five minutes left in the second period..,
9:54 PM ET–Alec Martinez of Golden Knights given an interference penalty on Lomberg…
9:59 PM ET–Lundell given a slashing penalty on Barbashev…penalty considered undisciplined…
10:00 PM ET–Golden Knights lead Panthers 2-1 after two periods…Vegas has the 20-12 shots on goal advantage…
10:19 PM ET–Third period now underway…
10:27 PM ET–Golden Knights have outshot the Panthers 21-14 five minutes into the third period…
10:31 PM ET–Key save by Bobrovsky off of Karlsson…
10:32 PM ET–Eichel given a hooking penalty on Bennett…
10:39 PM ET–Vegas has the 24-16 shots on goal advantage over Florida with 10 minutes left…
10:40 PM ET–Four on four action after penalties to Radko Gudas and Ivan Barbashev…
10:45 PM ET–Montour injures his hand after being a recipient from a hard hit into the boards…
10:49 PM ET–Vegas has the 24-17 shots on goal advantage…
10:49 PM ET–Barbashev hits the post…
10:54 PM ET–Matthew Tkachuk of Scottsdale, Arizona scores game-tying goal with Panthers having the extra attacker…2:13 left in the third period…Aaron Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe pick up the assists…2-2…
10:58 PM ET–Barkov trips Stephenson with 15 seconds left in the third period…referees got the wrong guy as Barkov tripped Stephenson but Forsling got the penalty…
11:17 PM ET–Start of overtime…Golden Knights on power-play…
11:19 PM ET–Florida kills their penalty…
11:23 PM ET–Carter Verhaeghe of Toronto scores OT winner from Sam Bennett…3-2 Florida…
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