Last Updated on June 7, 2018 8:01 pm by admin
LAS VEGAS (AP) The Latest from Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights (all times local):
4:30 p.m.
The Washington Capitals are on the brink of raising the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history.
Alex Ovechkin and his Caps are taking the ice for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final with a 3-1 series lead after three consecutive victories over the Vegas Golden Knights.
While past Washington teams have a long history of struggles in closeout games, these Caps have won all three of their potential closeout games. If they can do it again, the Caps will clinch the first championship in 43 NHL seasons for a franchise that began play in 1974.
The Knights began play only last year, but they’ve never lost four consecutive games. They won the Final opener, but have been outscored 12-5 since.
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4:20 p.m.
Willie O’Ree, the first black NHL player, says the player who wins the award named in his honor will have displayed hockey and life skills.
The NHL will give the first Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award later this month in Las Vegas.
O’Ree broke the league’s color barrier 60 years ago with the Boston Bruins and overcame blindness in his right eye.
”I was able to play for 21 years with one eye,” he said Thursday in an interview with NBCSN before Game 5.
Washington has a 3-1 series lead,
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