WINNIPEG, Manitoba
The Vegas Golden Knights are going to the Stanley Cup Final — with a chip on their shoulder.
Ryan Reaves scored the winning goal, Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves and the Golden Knights beat the Winnipeg
Jets, 2-1, on Sunday to wrap up the Western Conference final in five games.
Alex Tuch also scored for the Knights. They lost Game 1 in Winnipeg before winning four straight to become the first expansion team since the 1968 St. Louis Blues — when the six initial expansion teams were put alone in the West — to get to the final.
Vegas will meet Tampa Bay or Washington in the final. Tampa Bay leads the Eastern final 3-2, with Game 6 set for tonight in Washington.
Josh Morrissey scored for the Jets, and Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves.
Reaves, the bruising Winnipeg native acquired from Pittsburgh before to the trade deadline in February, snapped a 1-1 tie with 6:39 left in the second period when he tipped Luca Sbisa’s point shot past Hellebuyck.
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