Golden Knights top Panthers in Game 4, move within one win of Stanley Cup title

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With no time left on the clock in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, helmets, gloves, sticks and plastic rats littered the ice, the result of a fracas started in the final seconds of an emotional showdown.

For all the punches, pushes and shoves that accumulated in the melee, none of them changed the result: The Vegas Golden Knights are on the verge of winning their first Stanley Cup title.

Vegas held on to beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Saturday night, staving off a rally that culminated with one final shot block and a big save at the end to take a 3-1 series lead in the Cup final.

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Vegas Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy yells during the second period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals against the Florida Panthers, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

"Obviously, that was a battle till the last second," Vegas forward Nicolas Roy. "They pushed back there. We knew they would. They’ve been doing it all series. But it’s nice to get that one, for sure."

The Golden Knights can win the NHL championship on home ice Tuesday night.

"We’ve played really well at home here in the playoffs, so you’ve got to feel pretty good going home with a 3-1 lead," defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said.

Getting to this point wasn't easy.

Chandler Stephenson scored twice for the Golden Knights, and William Karlsson broke through to end his series-long goal drought to build a 3-0 lead. The Panthers scored twice — Brandon Montour on a pinball goal late in the second period, and Aleksander Barkov's first of the series early in the third — to claw back into it.

But