The Stanley Cup Final will open in Las Vegas.

The Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights will battle for the Cup beginning Monday, May 28.

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The Washington Capitals have survived to fight another day, as their 3-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night forced a decisive Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Final.

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The Vegas Golden Knights' improbable inaugural season has been nothing short of miraculous, leading many fans and experts around the league to dub it a "Cinderella story."

But if you ask Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper, however, the Knights' success this campaign is far from a fairy tale.

"It's a success story is what it is. It's not a Cinderella story," Cooper said, according to ESPN's Greg Wyshynski. "There's been talk of 'how could that happen?' or whatever. I'll tell you how it happened: They got an owner that hired an unreal GM and they got an unreal GM that hired an unreal coach. They were all left to do their jobs."

Vegas punched its ticket the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday night with its convincing 4-1 series win over the Winnipeg Jets, continuing a year in which the Knights have easily been the best story of the NHL campaign.

"I know the gentlemen well that are involved, the GM and coach, and I couldn't be prouder of the guys of the job they've done. They deserved to get there, and I only hope we're the team they get to play."

Cooper's team will look to clinch its series against the Washington Capitals on Monday night. And in doing so, the Lightning will then be tasked with stopping a very game Golden Knights team vying for its first championship.

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The Minnesota Wild officially named Paul Fenton as their new general manager Monday, the team announced.

"It is my distinct pleasure to welcome Paul Fenton as the general manager of the Minnesota Wild," team owner Craig Leipold said. "Paul is uniquely suited for this job having played 10 years of professional hockey and holding 25 years of management experience in the NHL. His gift of evaluating talent is obvious in Nashville's roster and recent success.

"My relationship with Paul goes back to my early days in Nashville and I know that Wild hockey fans are going to love Paul's infectious passion for the game and unsurpassed work ethic. He's the right person to deliver a Stanley Cup to the State of Hockey."

Fenton, 58, was previously with the Nashville Predators organization for 20 seasons, the last 12 of which were spent serving as assistant GM to legendary Nashville executive David Poile.

Prior to joining the Predators, Fenton spent five seasons with the Anaheim Ducks organization in their scouring department.

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The main pillar in the foundation of the Buffalo Sabres' organization is excited to add the next one.

After finally winning a draft lottery, the Sabres will have the No. 1 pick in June, and Jack Eichel is excited at potentially adding a certain generational defenseman out of Sweden.

"Obviously, it's tough to say that we're excited to have him because we haven't drafted him yet, but if we were to get a player named Rasmus Dahlin, I think it would be great for our team, our city," Eichel told John Vogl of The Buffalo News. "After the season that we had, it was a tough one, and just trying to build that excitement again for next year. I think that's just another piece to it."

Dahlin has been the consensus top pick of the 2018 draft all year, and owns an extraordinary skill set capable of making an immediate impact for the Sabres.

"I've seen him play and I've talked to a few guys about him," Eichel said. "Obviously, he's got some pretty incredible highlights. It seems like he's a special, special player."

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Things are getting interesting on Long Island, as reports surfaced Monday regarding a meeting between soon-to-be Islanders front-office executive Lou Lamoriello and New York captain John Tavares, according to The Athletic's Arthur Staple.

Related: Report: Lou Lamoriello to join Islanders to run hockey operations

The news about last week's meeting comes on the same day reports emerged linking the legendary general manager and an official move to the Islanders within the coming days.

Lamoriello's connection to New York has seemingly gotten stronger over the past few weeks since his former club, the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced that Kyle Dubas would be taking over the team's GM duties at the end of April.

Tavares becomes an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and will undoubtedly be the biggest name on the market this summer, so it comes as little surprise that Lamoriello would attempt to sit down with him in anticipation of his front-office switch.

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It would appear Leo Komarov would prefer to return to the Toronto Maple Leafs next season.

Komarov is a pending unrestricted free agent and his representative Todd Diamond is hopeful he and newly appointed general manager Kyle Dubas will meet soon to discuss his client's future with the team, according to TSN's Darren Dreger.

Komarov has played his entire five-year NHL career with the Maple Leafs but is coming off his worst season statistically, in which he tallied just seven goals and 19 points in 74 games.

During the playoffs, Komarov spent the majority of the Maple Leafs' series against the Boston Bruins as a scratch, playing in just two games of the seven-game series.

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Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Lou Lamoriello will join the New York Islanders to run hockey operations, according to Arthur Staple of The Athletic.

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After taking out the Nashville Predators in a heated seven-game series in the second round, it seemed like a near formality that the Winnipeg Jets would cruise into the Stanley Cup Final.

There was just one problem, though - they met a determined Vegas club. After taking Game 1, the Jets were grounded by the Golden Knights in the final four games and ousted from the playoffs.

After such a promising campaign followed by two strong rounds in the postseason, the loss in the conference finals has, presumably, left an emptiness with the Jets and their fans. In the end, there were three main aspects that led to the team's downfall:

Goaltending

Entering the series, the goaltending battle was expected to be among the best in the playoffs. In one end, a Vezina Trophy nominee in Connor Hellebuyck, and in the other, the Conn Smythe Trophy front-runner Marc-Andre Fleury.

Game 1 was a bit of a wash with Hellebuyck coming out slightly ahead statistically, but from Game 2 to Game 5, it was quite clear that Fleury had the upper hand over his counterpart.

Overall, Fleury was by far the more tested goalie, facing 161 shots to Hellebuyck's 139. Fleury also faced a higher number of quality scoring chances and once again came out the victor against Hellebuyck.

Lack of secondary scoring

Now, while Hellebuyck might shoulder a lot of the blame for the Jets' exit, the fact is, many of the club's most dependable scorers also failed to get results.

Through five games, the Jets found the back of the net just 10 times, and among those, only six came at five-on-five. Meanwhile, Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine were the only Jets to score more than a single goal in the series, accounting for half of the team's production.

Further, Blake Wheeler, Mathieu Perreault, Paul Stastny, Nikolaj Ehlers, and Bryan Little all went goalless in the series (though Wheeler did record six assists). In all, only four forwards mustered a goal against the Golden Knights.

Entering the series, it was quite clear that the Golden Knights were up against a potent offense, the likes of which they had not encountered in the previous two rounds, but in the end, they were able to neutralize the Jets' most deadly weapons.

Golden Knights' opportunistic play

What was easily the most demoralizing part of the Golden Knights' attack was how opportunistic they were.

After Game 1 of the series, the Golden Knights clamped down on the Jets' offense, so much so that Winnipeg never held a lead at any point through the rest of the series. This was mainly due to the fact that on three separate occasions, Vegas quickly responded to a Jets goal by scoring one of their own less than 90 seconds later.

On top of that, the Jets largely outplayed the Golden Knights in the series. Winnipeg outshot Vegas 161-140 and owned the majority of quality scoring chances.

At five-on-five, the Jets had 60 high-danger scoring chances compared to 40 from the Golden Knights. However, Vegas was able to capitalize on seven of those chances while the Jets were successful on only three. That comes out to a high-danger save percentage of .950 for Fleury and .825 for Hellebuyck.

The Jets took a huge step forward this season. They won their first playoff game and their first two series in franchise history. They proved to be among the best teams in the league, but when it came to the Western Conference Final, it's evident that these three things ultimately brought their run to a halt.

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