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The Florida Panthers get to keep resting and waiting for their opponent in the 2023 Stanley Cup Final. While Matthew Tkachuk yucked it up with Shaq and the fellas, the Dallas Stars kept their season alive by beating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 in Game 5 to extend the series once more.
With the series shifting back to Dallas, the Golden Knights’ series lead has shrunk to 3-2.
The Golden Knights generated leads of 1-0 and 2-1, yet the Stars refused to give up. With two quick goals by Ty Dellandrea (his first career multi-point game in the regular season or playoffs in the third period, Dallas is proving to be deep and full of heart.
Vegas (Ivan Barbashev, Chandler Stephenson) and Dallas (Luke Glendening, Jason Robertson) exchanged goals in the first and second periods to send the game to the second intermission knotted at two. The game remained that way until after the mid-way point of the final frame, when Dellandrea broke the deadlock and added the insurance marker about 90 seconds apart to seal the 4-2 win for the Stars.
Jake Oettinger stopped 27 of 29 shots in the win, while Adin Hill allowed four goals on 34 shots in the loss.
Stars’ depth delivers in Game 5; Dallas survives without Benn
On paper, the two-game suspension of Jamie Benn should’ve only intensified the depth advantage for Vegas, especially with Evgenii Dadonov also injured.
You might argue that case was true in Game 4, where Jason Robertson (two goals) and Joe Pavelski (overtime game-winner on the power play) were the only Stars scorers. Although Robertson gets showered with justified praise later in this post, it’s Dallas’ depth that made the difference in Game 5.
During the first period, Luke Glendening shared his Joe Pavelski impression with a deft deflection to quickly tie Game 5 back up at 1-1. Glendening created plenty of other chances in Game 5, too, making it tough to imagine him being a healthy scratch as the series shifts back to Dallas on Monday.
Yes, Adin Hill deserves his share of the credit for Golden Knights’ run
At times, the Golden Knights have appeared “goalie-proof.” Winning the Western Conference amid all of their netminder turmoil was the most obvious example of this. Seamlessly moving from one not-even-first option (Laurent Brossoit) to another journeyman (Adin Hill) ranks as another.
No doubt about it, the Golden Knights excel at insulating their goalies. Regardless, Adin Hill deserves a hearty portion of credit for this run, with Game 4 featuring some of the best saves of his NHL career.
Robertson getting bounces, Eichel still snake-bitten
Heading into the 2023 Western Conference Final, people were fixated on a perceived lack of production for Jason Robertson. Indeed, he headed in with a mere pair of goals, although that can be misleading since he was gathering helpers. Still, it was fair to argue that Robertson didn’t look quite like the player who piled up 109 points in the regular season.
Modern NHL snipers can carry a “feast or famine” feel, so go ahead and say that Robertson is feasting against Vegas.
During Game 4, Robertson scored two goals and imposed his will with a gargantuan 11 shots on goal. His top line was all over the place in Game 5, with Robertson scoring his seventh goal of the playoffs (and fifth of the series) on one of those “earn your own bounces”-type tallies.
Even-strength edge starting to shift from Vegas to Dallas?
Through Games 1 and 2, the Golden Knights appeared to be the superior 5-on-5 squad. With how Game 3 fell off the rails, you could probably hand that one to Vegas as well (Dallas was chasing for more than two periods). Yet, since Game 4, the run of play is somewhere between even to outright in Dallas’ favor.
While the Golden Knights scored two even-strength goals to one for the Stars in Game 4, Dallas generated a 15-10 advantage in high-danger chances. In Game 5, the Stars manufactured an identical 15-10 edge in that area.
Earlier in the series, one would assume that a lack of penalty calls would be a huge edge for Vegas. In Game 5, they couldn’t score on the only power-play opportunity of the contest.
If the Stars continue to assert their even-strength will on the Golden Knights, you have to wonder if Vegas should be frightened by this Dallas rally.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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