Ivan Barbashev helped Vegas defeat Florida on home ice in the opening match of the Stanley Cup Final Series. Bruce Cassidy's wards prevailed with a score of 5:2, scoring three goals in the final period.
The composition of the participants in the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals turned out to be unpredictable. Few people before the start of the playoffs could have imagined that Florida and Vegas would compete for the trophy, which not only do not have a single trophy, but have only one exit to the final in history.