Las vigas. The Golden Knights have a tight grip on the Stanley Cup Finals.
They beat the Florida Cats 7-2 last night and are now just two wins away from the championship title.
“It’s good, of course, that we go to Florida with a lead of 2-0, but we still have a lot of work to do,” William Karlsson tells Sportbladet.
The Florida Panthers were hoping to bounce back from their first loss in the Finals last Saturday night, but it didn’t — the spell of being through the playoffs was at least temporarily broken.
They were run over by the Vegas Golden Knights last night, chasing famous goaltender Serge Bobrovsky out of the box and eventually winning 7-2.
“It doesn’t really matter what the score is, it’s good that we get the job done and win our games here at home,” says William Carlsson when we meet him in the chaos outside the home team’s dressing room after the final whistle.
— but it was an absolutely amazing effort on our part. I think above all we had a really good first period. In the second, maybe it was a little more level, but we scored the goals and after 4-0, yeah, it’s hard to come back from that deficit.
‘Wild Bill’ himself didn’t score – instead his friend Jonathan Marchesault and Doldys-Brett Hodden grabbed two goals each – but hit the best assist of the evening to make Michael Amadeo’s goal 6-1.
After slicing the puck into the Panthers’ area across the edge, the 30-year-old Marsta stormed towards the box – but suddenly delivered a perfect backpass to fellow Citadel, ex-clubs and legs.
– Yeah, it was nice to get help anyway and it happened just over last Saturday when I was indoors. I hope this means I’ve taken a step in the right direction.
The star received a big kiss
Now the final series continues with two games in South Florida and William is convinced the Knights cruise the Continent by a 2-0 lead at stump.
– Yes, of course it’s good that we won two games when we come to Florida, but we still have a lot of work to do and we have to keep the mentality one game at a time, he notes.
The odds of them being able to win at FLA Live also increased dramatically when it turned out that Jack Eichel wasn’t as bad there as he seemed when Matthew Tkachuk took him with a solid “Open Ice” stopper late in the second period.
The freshman center immediately disappeared into the locker room with what appeared to be excruciating shoulder pain, but as the final period began he was back on the ice.
– It was a really great tackle, and I have to blame myself for not knowing Tkachuk was coming, says Eshel.
Thus, number three will be played on Sunrise on Friday night, Swedish time.
Then the Vegas Golden Knights can enter multiplication mode.