[Game Day Thread] Florida Panthers at Vegas Golden Knights - Game 5 Stanley Cup Final - June 13, 2023

Just wanna say thanks for setting up a game thread here, probably will miss the first period but looking forward to chatting with peeps later in the game and hope it's a good one.

First time image posting on here, hope this works

Seeing this on Lemmy sincerely warms my heart

Well, this is a blowout but I just hope !hockey has an active off-season shitposting community :)

No Tkachuk for the Panthers.

With the Knights leading 3-1, we may see the cup handed out tonight.

Is Phil the Thrill on the ice?

Who's everyone rooting for here? I'm personally for vgk

Whelp, ladies and gentlemen, it's been a pleasure doing this on Lemmy. But gotta go pick up my son who's apparently having car trouble....

Intermission Cat

Boooooooooooooo

Gary's the spez of hockey

I say this as a strong Florida fan… the Cats are collapsing in front of our eyes.

GG everybody, thanks for the Lemmy party, much better than a Lemon party! Fuck u/spez!

this is a friggin beat down

Florida Right Now on the Bobs Bus

God, someone’s gonna lose an edge on a flamingo and dent the shit out of it before it leaves the ice, aren’t they?

Congrats VGK! As a Coyotes fan, I'm happy for our fellow desert team!

A Goalie Goal is all we need to end this disaster.

Guys I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Vegas takes it tonight.

It was 2 - 0 then I had to take a phone call. Came back to 6 - 1. Ouch.

This game is very over

YOU'RE OFF THE CASE BOBROVSKY

Well if you're down 3 to 1 in the series, that is not the second period of game 5 that you want to have.

Hill is a Mountain tonight!

cats 4 cats

Yea... No way Panthers win this one with Tkachuk out.. Bummer.

I think we need to expand this tradition of hockey teams adopting pop-punk hits to belt at random intervals

Stop, they're already dead!

What an absolutely epic goal. The balls to just wait and wait like that

I think that was in.

It's like the Heat: great run, but they're running out of gas too soon

Ugh... Can the betting drivel please stop!!

Vegas gonna be lit as fuck tonight

Thanks for posting the gdt!

Now Florida gets to sit on the bench for the next 5 minutes while they clean up the hats

Me suddenly realizing best part of r/hockey and r/NHL was team flairs. Need to put that in the list of features to add.

Otherwise rooting for Panthers want to see Vegas be so close but so far away from the cup again.

Geez, Im rooting hard for VGK, but this is brutal. Can't imagine their locker room rn

While it kind of sucks the underdog story's ending, at least it means the Staals won't win

Holy shit, Vegas is just dominating right now.

I am not a basketball fan, but watched the Nuggets win it last night. And it reminded me how hockey seems to be the only sport that does it right, giving the cup to the players instead of the owner. Hearing the owner talk right away is lame.

Congrats Vegas….definitely deserved it. They were dominant all series.

That seemed like a too many men on the ice penalty at the end there.

Why aren't they booing, I don't understand.

Does PP% go negative?

Vegas putting on a literal clinic.

That 0% PP in the finals is about to change!

I wonder if the nice lady in the white dress will be there this year.

"The most dangerous lead in hockey"

EDIT: nevermind lol

How not to improve your PP%….bring the puck out of the zone on your own.

Well, congrats on the hat trick.

Presented by Bill Pritchard and Great Value Stephen Colbert

Wow thats demoralizing

Intermission Cup

༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ CATS TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

Is it sad that I just realized the chain icon next to the username let's you view the original thread in chat mode in general?

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEATTLE KRAKEN HISTORY

H I S T O R I C

Is there an over/under on how many betting ads we have to see before they hand out the cup?

Henrik is too beautiful he needs to tone it down a little

Well, we did see a goal while a team was on the powerplay I guess.

Stone with the Stanley Hatty, that's my Captain!!!

Just tuning in now. I don't want this series to end yet

Did anyone here why the 2nd goal counted when the whistle blew before the puck crossed the line?

Alright everyone, scan the boards. Is she back?

On a scale of one to Steve Bernier, how demoralizing was this period?

Have they shown Gary yet?

Cats have looked really solid so far

I have to get up early tomorrow morning. So everyone should be prepared for a quintuple overtime game tonight.

Vegas does such a good job taking up space in the defensive zone. Just smothering.

Misfit Starting Line! I love it

Now, the ultimate test of the VGK fans

I can't watch 😿

I almost feel bad, still drinking this Tequila and celebrating though! Props to the cats fighting every inch to get here and winning their first final game ever.

I'm a Hurricanes fan, so I honestly have no idea who I want to win. On one hand, fuck the Panthers. On the other, I would kinda' prefer to have lost to the team that won the cup—somehow that would sting less. Either way, I'm hoping for another entertaining game.

Florida is going all in on on offense and completely neglecting any sort of defensive scheme. Way too many turnovers.

Knights better clear those screens, taking a lot of shots from the point

Not even bothering to smile. They are just broken

So far it looks like the Panthers aren't interested in booking tee times just yet.

So, who do y'all have on Vegas winning the Conn Smythe tonight?

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Yeah, sorry Cats but this is over. It’s been a fun ride.

Come on cats, just need a goal every 3 minutes from here on out.

THERE WE GO BABYYYY! Cats on the board!

I don't even think there's a corpse left. It's just dust

Fuck the Rags, but I still feel for Hank every time I see that goal. Dude is an absolute mensch and he gave everything a player could that run

Wow - a shorty to go up from Stone.

Time to UKnight the Realm! Go Knights Go!

Well, at least Vegas isn't turtling like they did in game 4.

Panthers can win 2 games in thier next finals series about 20 years from now.

Tossing the guy in the bench wasn’t enough, had to get the second shove

Cats may just pull this one out of the bag.

Never thought I'd hear Kate Bush playing during a sports game

Did someone throw pink flamingos on the ice?

Oof that's probably the dagger

Anyone know if theres a way to sort comments by new in jerboa?

Heyo!

I posted this thread to r/hockey now that it's back up -- so maybe it'll attract a few more flies -- er, I mean, users.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/149brnx/lemmy_game_day_thread_florida_panthers_at_vegas/

Man, the Panthers are struggling. :(

Hat trick!

Stanley cup Bingo? How do you think that meeting went down with Bettman?

Wow, Florida is falling apart

Who’s your Conn Smythe winner?

I hate Vegas but they have 24 Canadian players on their team. So Canada basically won the cup, and that makes me happy.

Oh FFS. How the hell did they let that happen.

How loud will stones 'fuck ya' come through on the broadcast when he hoists?

That's my Captain!!!

c'mooooooon cats

Congrats Vegas

AYYYYY EKBLAD SCARRRRS

Also, I’m a bit disappointed at YouTube TV. For the NBA Final last night, they replaced the timeline cursor with the Naismith trophy. Tonight with the cup in the house? Do we get the Stanley Cup? No. No we don’t. Total garbage.

Thanks for posting the thread!

LGVGK!!!

What a save

Teddy!!!!

Now we're talking!

Where was this bob in the second round?

Lol, Marchessault on skates at eye-level.

Here we go boys. Do it for Tkachuk

I went to go clean my cooktop. What did I miss?

Looks like Vegas's core is locked down for next year as well. I don't know that I follow how Capfriendly is laid out enough to know if they are having cap trouble to start the year or not. Anyone care to weigh in?

Finally caught back up live after having to pause for a while. Holy shit has Vegas been relentless this period.

I have a feeling Florida is gonna start gooning if the game keeps going like this

VGK PP

Now I want to find a curling rink. I wonder if there are any near Baltimore?

I really wish I could enjoy baseball.

Critical error by Bobs leaving that out in the open, but glad it got handled.

Ahhh. So damn close.

Shine that cup, I want to see Stoner kiss it

They’ve been dead for a while guys.

Bobs!!! What are you doing?!?!?! You dropped your stick???

The Panthers have been getting pretty good results with random shots on the net. They should do that more.

I can’t decide whether I like or hate the hats this year.

They're already dead, Vegas

Great save Hill!

First game I've watched since my boys got knocked out. Hoping we get to see what the knights have planned to celebrate tonight

We've passed the Steve Bernier game in terms of the most demoralizing Cup clincher

Grats to Vegas! Well deserved win.

What a run by the Panthers as well.

@SteelBeard humerus, this just showed up in my network now.

Interesting save by Bob.

Holy shit! That was close!

Thought we were gonna see a Cats goal there with Lundell….

OK, here we go Cats!!!! POWERRRRR PLAY!

Woof. Do you think Bob is just confused because of gold with a neutral? He always folded to the Penguins in the playoffs too.

Kessel?

Welp, there is the pre roll of the keepers and the crate…

what was the vegas penalty all i heard was Cats PP

This must especially be sweet for Marchessault and Smith

Jesus, Panthers, really?

Come on, Florida, pull the goalie for the rest of the game!

This guy is great.

Is that gonna stand?

Did Eichel finally get one in the final!?

Anyone got any skin in this game or are we all neutrals

That was a good chance

Wait, cheers for Bettman?

Rubbing salt in the wound at this point.

I got no horse in this race but if VGK wins the cup is spending WEEKS in Canada!

GO KNIGHTS!

My feed is bouncing all over the place. Bah. :(

Wow, where were the back checkers? I swear he was just sitting there for like 5 seconds

Holy shit, there isn't any mercy being shown here.