Golden Knights brutally troll Sharks after reaching Stanley Cup Final - ESPN

The Vegas Golden Knights took time out of their Western Conference championship celebration to dunk on their rivals for backing the Dallas Stars in the series.

On Monday, the Golden Knights humiliated Joe Pavelski and the Stars in a 6-0 Game 6 win that sent Vegas to its second Stanley Cup Final in six years of existence. The Knights then turned their attention to their rival, the San Jose Sharks.

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«It definitely hurts. You always think there's something else out there for you, something more you can do. But we came up short,» said Pavelski, who played in San Jose for 13 seasons.

Since entering the NHL in 2017, the Knights quickly established a rivalry with the Sharks. Vegas eliminated the Sharks in the second round of the 2018 Western Conference playoff in a heated, physical series. San Jose returned the favor — and then some — in 2019, when the Sharks eliminated Vegas in seven games.

The Sharks rallied from a 3-1 series deficit and were down 3-0 in Game 7 when Knights forward Cody Eakin cross-checked San Jose star Joe Pavelski to the ice. Pavelski's head hit hard, cutting him open and knocking him out. After he was helped from the ice, the Sharks were given a 5-minute major power play on which they scored four goals. Vegas scored in the final minute of regulation to force overtime, but San Jose forward Barclay Goodrow scored to eliminate Vegas.

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