The Vegas Golden Knights are one win away from hoisting the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history after holding off the Florida Panthers 3-2 in Game 4 on Saturday night.

Chandler Stephenson led the way for Sin City with a two-goal performance, his second of these playoffs. He set the tone by besting goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky off a sweet feed from Vegas defenseman Zach Whitecloud just 1:39 into the contest.

William Karlsson scored for Vegas in the second period to give the Golden Knights a 3-0 lead, putting an end to his three-game goalless drought.

However, the Cardiac Cats didn't go down without a fight.

Panthers blue-liner Brandon Montour got Florida on the board in the middle frame after his shot went off the skates of Golden Knights defensemen Brayden McNabb and Shea Theodore before squeaking past netminder Adin Hill.

Florida captain Aleksander Barkov netted his first tally of the series early in the third period to make it a one-goal game, but that's as close as the Panthers would get.

There was no shortage of fireworks after the final horn sounded.

Various skirmishes erupted while fans threw plastic rats and trash onto the ice.

The Golden Knights survived an injury scare to star forward Jack Eichel. He briefly exited the contest after taking teammate Jonathan Marchessault's shot to the neck in the final minute of the second period, but Eichel returned in the final frame.

The shots were even at 31 apiece in the contest. Hill stood tall with a 29-save performance.

Vegas will now have a chance to win the Stanley Cup on home ice Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

The Panthers were down 3-1 in their opening-round series against the Boston Bruins, but they won three straight games to pull off the upset.

The Golden Knights made it to the Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season in 2018 but fell to the Washington Capitals in five games. Karlsson, McNabb, Theodore, Marchessault, Reilly Smith, and William Carrier were all on that roster.

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