NHL Stanley Cup Finals 2023 Game 3 LIVE SCORE — Las Vegas Golden Knights vs Florida Panthers – latest updates

Near miss!

Golden Knights Ivan Barbashev misses a wrist shot on a breakaway opportunity and the score stays 2-1.

4 minutes left in the game.

Panthers don’t want to go down 3-0

The announcer has just stated that 27 out of 28 times where a team went up 3 games to 0 they have won the series.

Only the Toronto Maple Leafs have came back from such a deficit, the Panthers are five minutes away from facing the same fate.

Fans comment on Florida Panthers’ blown opportunities

NHL fans are flooding Twitter commenting on the Florida Panthers woes with one writing: “Florida is now 0/12 on the PP in the SCF. Meanwhile Vegas is 6/17.”

Another fan wrote: “Florida needs to spend serious time working on their power play setup. This is tough to watch”

Stats up to this point

Here are some stats from Stanley Cup Finals Game 3 with 12 minutes remaining.

• Brandon Montour – 1 goal
• Eric Staal – 1 assist
• Matthew Tkachuk – 1 assist
• Marc Stone – 1 goal, 1 assist
• Jonathan Marchessault – 1 goal, 1 assist
• Jack Eichel – 1 assist

Back and forth third period

It has been a very defensive third period after both teams have squandered breakaway opportunities.

The Vegas Golden Knights lead the Panthers in shots on goal 21-16 and are looking to take a two-goal lead.

Period 3 underway!

Period 3 has begun and the Golden Knights are 20 minutes away from taking a 3-0 commanding lead over the Florida Panthers.

Second Period has ended

The second period has ended and the Vegas Golden Knights lead the Florida Panthers 2-1.

Vegas’ offense has taken control as they have a total of 20 shots to the Panthers’ 13.

Golden Knights have made the most of their opportunities as they have scored on two of their five Power Plays.

Florida Panthers have done the complete opposite as they have had four Power Play opportunities and have not scored on any of them

GOAL!

After continuous pressure in the Florida Panthers zone the Vegas Golden Knights score as Jonathan Marchessault slaps a goal in.

Vegas Golden Knights 2 Florida Panthers 1

Fans praise Florida goalie

Fans are raving on Twitter about the performance of the Panthers’ goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.

One fan wrote: “WOW BOB! What a stop!”

Another wrote: “I’d say Bobrovsky has recovered from Game 2!”

Panthers fail to cash in yet again

The Florida Panthers just squandered their third Power Play opportunity.

After going up 1-0 early in the first period it’s now the Vegas Golden Knights who look like the sharper team.

Matthew Tkachuk returns

Matthew Tkachuk has returned to the ice after taking a hit from Keegan Kolesar in the first period.

Florida Power Play

Brandon Hooking has been charged with hooking against Anthony Duclair and the Panthers have received a Power Play.

Get the Puck out of here!

Sergei Bobrovsky has been brilliant tonight so far already saving 11 shots.

This is a much-improved performance after the goalie was benched after letting up four goals in game 2.

Vegas offense awakens

For most of the first period, the Florida Panthers dominated the shots on goal.

But the Golden Knights’ offense has taken over scoring seven shots on goal to the Panthers’ five.

Despite having more shots on goals the game is still tied five minutes into the second period.

Second Period underway

The second period is underway and Vegas has been penalized for tripping as the Florida Panthers have their second Power Play of the game.

Matthew Tkachuk has not returned to the game.

Matthew Tkachuk might be done for the night

Matthew Tkachuk left the ice after taking a hit from Keegan Kolesar and commentators at the end of the first period have not confirmed if he’s returning to the game.

First period complete

The first period has ended and we have a tie game.

Brandon Montour scored a goal after a breakaway from the Panthers early in the period.

With four minutes remaining though Mark Stone smashed a goal and tied up a back-and-forth Game 3.

Florida Panthers 1 Vegas Golden Knights 1

GOAL!

Mark Stone scores on the 4-on-3 Power Play for The Vegas Golden Knights.

This is Stone’s first goal on the road, all his previous goals this postseason have occurred on home ice.

Golden Knights 1 Florida Panthers 1

Both teams earn penalities

It will be four-on-four for the next two minutes as Radko Gudas of the Florida Panthers is charged for cross-checking and William Carrier Boarding is charged for boarding.

Both teams unable to cash in on Power Play

The Florida Panthers lead 1-0 with 5:33 remaining in the first period and have been unable to put the pressure on the Golden Knights.

They earned themselves a Power Play right after they went up 1-0 but were unable to score.

Golden Knights have also squandered their Power Play opportunity late in this period.

Golden Knights Power Play

Vegas has received their first Power Play of the game after Marc Staal of the Florida Panthers is charged with tripping against Jack Eichel.

The Golden Knights have four Power Play goals in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Bruce Cassidy speaks

Bruce is speaking for an in-game interview and says the team needs to be more physical and get behind the Florida Panthers.

The Panthers’ offense has appeared to wake up as they have four shots on goal compared to the Vegas Knights’ one shot.

Power Play Florida

The Panthers have received a Power Play after Vegas’ William Carrier got penalized for high-sticking against Floridas’ Sam Bennett.

Florida are 0-7 on Power Play opportunities during the Stanley Cup Finals.

Florida applying pressure

After Brandon Montour scored a goal for the Panthers they have applied relentless pressure in the Golden Knights zone.

The Panthers have three shots on goal thus far and have won three faceoffs also.

Las Vegas has given the puck away three times already in the first six minutes of play.

GOAL!!!

After a breakaway, Brandon Montour cashes in and scores.

Florida Panthers 1 Vegas Golden Knights 0

15:25 remain in the 1st period.