Las Vegas Golden Knights defeat Dallas Stars 4-0

The Las Vegas Golden Knights kept their cool after an ugly first goal and put on their best fight back against their captain.

They lead 3-0 in the Western Conference finals and are one win away from reaching the Stanley Cup finals.

After Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn was ejected because of his hit on Mark Stone less than two minutes into the game, Ivan Barbashev scored a power-play goal. This became the second of three goals the Golden Knights had in the first 7 1/2 minutes. Unfortunately, there was an early exit for goalie Jake Oettinger and Vegas won 4-0 in Game 3 on Tuesday night.

After the game, Alex Pietrangelo, who added a goal midway through the second period, said, “You keep your composure.

Once the two captains collided near the blue line and Stone fell to the ice, Benn lunged forward with both hands on his stick and made contact near Stone’s neck as he was sliding over the center line.

Vegas head coach Bruce Cassidy stated, “We’re upset when we see that, he’s our captain. But at the end of the day, they make a call that gives us a chance to make them pay for the penalty. And we did with one goal anyway, so we’ve doubled our lead. Do it the right way. That’s been our mindset all along.”

Vegas have only been a franchise for six seasons, but in Game 4 on Thursday night, they will have the opportunity to advance to its second Stanley Cup Final.