The rematch of the 2018 Western Conference Final begins in Vegas on Tuesday evening.
The Winnipeg Jets and Vegas Golden Knights are slated to go head-to-head tonight in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinal playoff series.
It’ll be a rematch of the 2018 Western Conference Final, which saw the Jets win the first game before losing four in a row to cap off their longest playoff run in franchise history. The Jets snuck into this year’s playoffs after nearly nosediving out of the race down the stretch. But if they can start off on the right foot on Tuesday, can goaltender Connor Hellebuyck elevate them past the heavily favored Golden Knights?hockey analysts Frank Seravalli and Mike McKenna debated that very question on Tuesday’s edition ofFour more series kick off tonight, Mike, in night two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and one of them is a trendy upset pick.
Where will this series be won? It’s going to be the neutral zone, because Vegas is one of the NHL’s better rush teams. Winnipeg isn’t great [with] giving up rush chances and with Hellebuyck’s lateral movement being his only weakness, that’s one thing that Vegas may be able to exploit. Vegas was 3–0–0 against Winnipeg in the regular season — now, it’s also been four months since they’ve played, Frank.
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