The Florida Panthers and the Vegas Golden Knights continue their best-of-7 series on Monday with Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Vegas leads the series 1-0. Puck drop from T-Mobile Arena is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET (TNT). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Panthers vs. Golden Knights odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
The Panthers had won 11 of the last 12 games prior to Game 1, but the Golden Knights posted a 5-2 victory in the series opener.
Veteran Eric Staal opened the scoring for Florida with a shorthanded goal midway through the 1st period, but former Panthers sniper Jonathan Marchessault answered with a power-play goal at 17:18 to tie it.
In the 2nd period, Shea Theodore scored his 1st goal of the postseason for Vegas at 10:54, but Anthony Duclair beat the clock with an unassisted even-strength goal at 19:49 to level the game at 2.