Stanley Cup Final · 2022-23

Vegas Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup

VGK def. FLA

Vegas Golden Knights won the 2022-23 Stanley Cup Final 4-1 over Florida Panthers, one game went to overtime, 2 were decided by a single goal.

4-1

Series result · 5 games

Vegas Golden Knights lifted the Cup in Game 5 at T-Mobile Arena.

Series after

api-web.nhle.com club-schedule-season + gamecenter boxscore · fetched 2026-08-17 · 5 Final games

The road to the Final

16 clubs, 4 rounds

The whole tournament, in the shape that spring actually had: 16 clubs, 4 rounds. Every series carries the games the schedule feed publishes. 88 in all that spring. The champion's road is the lit line — WPG 4-1 · EDM 4-2 · DAL 4-2 · FLA 4-1. Hover a series to read it beside the board; choose one to open its games underneath.

1st Round8 series

2nd Round4 series

Eastern Conference Finals2 series

Stanley Cup Final1 series

api-web.nhle.com/v1/playoff-bracket/2023 · fetched 2026-08-17 · VGK champion · 4 rounds

The series, game by game

Pick a game

Every game of the Final as its own card. Choosing one opens its goal sequence below and repaints the series score in the band above to the moment that game ended.

Game 1 · FLA 2, VGK 5

2023-06-03 · T-Mobile Arena

Decided by 3

Goal sequence

1stFLA 1 · VGK 1

09:40 E. StaalFLAAssists: A. LundellGo-ahead1-0SH

17:18 J. MarchessaultVGKAssists: C. Stephenson, S. TheodoreEqualizer1-1PP7m 38s later

2ndFLA 1 · VGK 1

10:54 S. TheodoreVGKAssists: B. McNabb, B. HowdenGo-ahead1-213m 36s later

19:49 A. DuclairFLAEqualizer2-28m 55s later

3rdFLA 0 · VGK 3

06:59 Z. WhitecloudVGKAssists: I. Barbashev, J. EichelGAME WINNER2-37m 10s later

13:41 M. StoneVGKInsurance2-46m 42s later

18:15 R. SmithVGKAssists: J. EichelDagger2-5PPEmpty net4m 34s later

Goaltending

S. BobrovskyFLA59:46 · 4 GA · 4.02 GAA · EV 20/23 · PP 9/10 29/33 · .879 SV%L

A. HillVGK60:00 · 2 GA · 2.00 GAA · EV 27/28 · PP 3/3 · SH 3/4 33/35 · .943 SV%W

Shots on goal

FLA35

VGK34

DifferentialFLA +1

Points

J. EichelVGK2

S. TheodoreVGK2

A. DuclairFLA1

E. StaalFLA1

A. LundellFLA1

Shots by player

M. StoneVGK7

A. LundellFLA4

N. CousinsFLA4

S. BennettFLA3

S. ReinhartFLA3

Time on ice

B. MontourFLA25:59

G. ForslingFLA24:40

A. EkbladFLA23:46

A. PietrangeloVGK22:47

A. BarkovFLA22:02

Hits

A. BarkovFLA6

M. StaalFLA5

I. BarbashevVGK5

S. BennettFLA4

R. LombergFLA4

Three stars · the league's

1Z. WhitecloudVGK1 G 0 A

2M. StoneVGK1 G 0 A

3A. HillVGK.943 sv%

The team line · FLA / VGK

Faceoffs won47.3% / 52.7%

Power play0/3 / 2/7

Power play %0.0% / 28.6%

Penalty minutes46 / 18

Hits36 / 29

Blocked shots11 / 16

Giveaways13 / 14

Takeaways7 / 14

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Game 2 · FLA 2, VGK 7

2023-06-05 · T-Mobile Arena

Decided by 5 · FLA changed goaltenders

Goal sequence

1stFLA 0 · VGK 2

07:05 J. MarchessaultVGKAssists: C. Stephenson, J. EichelGo-ahead0-1PP

17:59 A. MartinezVGKAssists: I. Barbashev, J. MarchessaultInsurance0-210m 54s later

2ndFLA 0 · VGK 2

02:59 N. RoyVGKAssists: W. Carrier, Z. WhitecloudGAME WINNER0-35m 0s later

07:10 B. HowdenVGKAssists: M. Stone, C. StephensonDagger0-44m 11s later

3rdFLA 2 · VGK 3

00:14 A. LundellFLAAssists: A. DuclairCut the lead1-413m 4s later

02:10 J. MarchessaultVGKAssists: J. EichelDagger1-51m 56s later

10:33 M. AmadioVGKAssists: W. KarlssonDagger1-68m 23s later

12:44 M. TkachukFLAAssists: S. Bennett, J. MahuraCut the lead2-62m 11s later

17:52 B. HowdenVGKAssists: M. Amadio, W. CarrierDagger2-7PP5m 8s later

Goaltending

A. LyonFLA32:50 · 3 GA · 5.48 GAA · EV 10/12 · PP 2/3 12/15 · .800 SV%

S. BobrovskyFLA27:10 · 4 GA · 8.83 GAA · EV 6/9 · PP 2/3 · SH 1/1 9/13 · .692 SV%L

A. HillVGK60:00 · 2 GA · 2.00 GAA · EV 17/19 · PP 12/12 29/31 · .935 SV%W

Shots on goal

FLA31

VGK28

DifferentialFLA +3

Points

J. MarchessaultVGK3

J. EichelVGK2

C. StephensonVGK2

B. HowdenVGK2

M. AmadioVGK2

Shots by player

B. MontourFLA5

S. BennettFLA4

M. TkachukFLA4

R. SmithVGK4

C. StephensonVGK4

Time on ice

B. MontourFLA26:13

A. EkbladFLA21:39

G. ForslingFLA21:02

C. StephensonVGK20:57

N. HagueVGK20:41

Hits

S. BennettFLA6

R. LombergFLA6

C. VerhaegheFLA5

N. CousinsFLA4

K. KolesarVGK4

Three stars · the league's

1J. MarchessaultVGK2 G 1 A

2I. BarbashevVGK0 G 1 A

3B. HowdenVGK2 G 0 A

The team line · FLA / VGK

Faceoffs won48.5% / 51.5%

Power play0/4 / 2/4

Power play %0.0% / 50.0%

Penalty minutes84 / 64

Hits44 / 24

Blocked shots11 / 20

Giveaways6 / 12

Takeaways11 / 22

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Game 5 · FLA 3, VGK 9

2023-06-13 · T-Mobile Arena

Cup clincher · Decided by 6

Goal sequence

1stFLA 0 · VGK 2

11:52 M. StoneVGKGo-ahead0-1SH

13:41 N. HagueVGKAssists: J. Eichel, J. MarchessaultInsurance0-21m 49s later

2ndFLA 1 · VGK 4

02:15 A. EkbladFLAAssists: N. CousinsCut the lead1-28m 34s later

10:28 A. MartinezVGKAssists: J. Eichel, A. PietrangeloInsurance1-38m 13s later

12:13 R. SmithVGKAssists: W. Karlsson, S. TheodoreGAME WINNER1-41m 45s later

17:15 M. StoneVGKAssists: B. Howden, C. StephensonDagger1-55m 2s later

19:58 M. AmadioVGKAssists: R. SmithDagger1-62m 43s later

3rdFLA 2 · VGK 3

08:22 I. BarbashevVGKAssists: J. Eichel, S. TheodoreDagger1-78m 24s later

08:47 S. ReinhartFLAAssists: S. Bennett, B. MontourCut the lead2-725s later

11:39 S. BennettFLAAssists: G. Forsling, S. ReinhartCut the lead3-72m 52s later

14:06 M. StoneVGKDagger3-8Empty net2m 27s later

18:58 N. RoyVGKAssists: S. Theodore, B. McNabbDagger3-94m 52s later

Goaltending

S. BobrovskyFLA59:11 · 8 GA · 8.11 GAA · EV 21/28 · PP 2/2 · SH 0/1 23/31 · .742 SV%L

A. HillVGK60:00 · 3 GA · 3.00 GAA · EV 31/34 · PP 1/1 32/35 · .914 SV%W

Shots on goal

FLA35

VGK32

DifferentialFLA +3

Points

J. EichelVGK3

M. StoneVGK3

S. TheodoreVGK3

S. BennettFLA2

S. ReinhartFLA2

Shots by player

S. BennettFLA6

J. MarchessaultVGK6

R. LombergFLA4

J. EichelVGK4

S. TheodoreVGK4

Time on ice

G. ForslingFLA24:15

B. MontourFLA22:57

S. ReinhartFLA21:35

B. McNabbVGK21:27

A. EkbladFLA21:01

Hits

R. GudasFLA5

N. HagueVGK5

K. KolesarVGK4

S. BennettFLA3

N. CousinsFLA3

Three stars · the league's

1M. StoneVGK3 G 0 A

2J. EichelVGK0 G 3 A

3A. MartinezVGK1 G 0 A

The team line · FLA / VGK

Faceoffs won44.8% / 55.2%

Power play0/1 / 0/1

Power play %0.0% / 0.0%

Penalty minutes2 / 2

Hits27 / 27

Blocked shots12 / 26

Giveaways14 / 23

Takeaways7 / 14

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The series as a whole

5 games

The shape of the Final, its intensity, and who carried it. The Conn Smythe Trophy is voted by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and is not carried in this feed. These are the series leader boards, not an award pick, and no composite score is computed.

Shape

Games played5

Series result4-1

GoalsVGK 26 · FLA 12

Overtime games1

Multi-overtime games0

One-goal games2

Decided by three or more3

Shutouts0

Lead changes3

Comeback wins0

Home wins4–1

Empty-net goals2

gamecenter boxscore + landing · fetched 2026-08-17 · Empty-net goals are counted from the goal feed's own goalModifier flag. A count of zero means none was flagged, which for an early Final may mean none was recorded.

Intensity

Penalty minutes276 · 55.2 per game

Hits272 · 54.4 per game

Games with 50 or more hits4

Blocked shots189

Giveaways124

Takeaways100

Shots on goal307

Power-play goals6

gamecenter boxscore playerByGameStats · fetched 2026-08-17

Goaltending, whole series

A. HillVGK5 games · 304.4 min · .923 SV% · 2.36 GAA 143/1554-1

S. BobrovskyFLA5 games · 267.9 min · .844 SV% · 4.70 GAA 114/1351-4

A. LyonFLA1 games · 32.8 min · .800 SV% · 5.48 GAA 12/150-0

gamecenter boxscore goalies · fetched 2026-08-17

Scoring leaders

M. StoneVGK9 P (5G 4A)

J. EichelVGK8 P (0G 8A)

J. MarchessaultVGK8 P (4G 4A)

C. StephensonVGK6 P (2G 4A)

S. TheodoreVGK6 P (1G 5A)

S. BennettFLA4 P (1G 3A)

Winning goals

C. VerhaegheFLA1 winner

N. RoyVGK1 winner

R. SmithVGK1 winner

W. KarlssonVGK1 winner

Z. WhitecloudVGK1 winner

Time on ice per game

B. MontourFLA24:59

G. ForslingFLA23:43

A. PietrangeloVGK22:17

S. ReinhartFLA21:57

A. EkbladFLA21:57

gamecenter boxscore playerByGameStats · fetched 2026-08-17

In the era

98 Finals · 520 games

This Final measured against its own decade and against every Final the league's game feed covers. The 2020s line covers 7 Finals and 41 games. Rates are per Final game, and every Final contributes only to the rates it has data for: hits-per-game is computed over the Finals since 1997-98 that record hits, not over all of them. Each rate publishes its denominator.

This Final against the era

Overtime games1 of 5

This Final20%

2020s27%

All Finals18%

One-goal games2 of 5

This Final40%

2020s46%

All Finals41%

Shutouts0 of 5

This Final0%

2020s12%

All Finals17%

Goals per game38 goals

This Final7.60

2020s6.32

All Finals5.33

derived from all 98 Finals in data/cup_finals/ · fetched 2026-08-17

Records across the feed

Longest Final2023-24 · 7 games

Most overtime games1950-51 · 5

Highest scoring1972-73 · 9.33 per game

Most one-goal games2014-15 · 5

derived from data/cup_finals/index.json · fetched 2026-08-17

What the record actually holds

Coverage

All 14 statistical modules are published for this Final. A module counts as available only if the series contains a non-zero value for it. Historical boxscores carry the same field names as modern ones filled with zeros — 1978-79 publishes hits: 0 for all 170 skaters — so field presence is not evidence and is not treated as such.

Goal-by-goal sequenceGoaltender win/loss decisionsPenalty minutesTeam shots on goalGoaltender shots/saves/save%Goaltender even-strength/PP/SH splitsSkater time on iceHitsBlocked shots, giveaways, takeawaysFaceoff percentageShift countsGoal strength (even, power play, shorthanded)Winning-goal scorer (from the schedule feed)On-ice situation codes

Method

Final games are selected from the club schedule feed on seriesStatus.seriesAbbrev of SCF, not on a round number: the Cup Final is round four only in a four-round playoff, and the 1954-55 Final is recorded as round two. No MVP or composite rating is computed. The Conn Smythe is a published award and is not in this feed.

Goal labels are relative to the team that scored. A goal that closes a two-goal gap to one is the scorer's own cut, not the leader's insurance. The winning goal is the champion's goal that put it one clear of the finalist's final total, which is the league's own definition.

Previous Final2021-22 · COL Next Final2023-24 · FLA

Sources: api-web.nhle.com/v1/club-schedule-season/{team}/{season} · api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/{game}/boxscore · api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/{game}/landing · data/stanley_cup_champions.json (the site's 107-Final ledger; it drives the season list) · data/franchise_history.json (alias_chain, for season-correct tricodes). Fetched 2026-08-17. The season list is driven by the site's own Stanley Cup ledger, and tricodes are resolved season by season through the franchise alias chain, so a Final is requested with the code its clubs actually used that year.

Vegas Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup

The road to the Final

The series, game by game

Game 1 · FLA 2, VGK 5

Game 2 · FLA 2, VGK 7

Game 3 · VGK 2, FLA 3

Game 4 · VGK 3, FLA 2

Game 5 · FLA 3, VGK 9

The series as a whole

Shape

Intensity

Goaltending, whole series

Scoring leaders

In the era

This Final against the era

Records across the feed

What the record actually holds