Sabres Daily: Carrier Helps Carry Vegas To Cup Final; The Ex Files

The Vegas Golden Knights clinched their second trip to the Stanley Cup Final in six seasons with a 6-0 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final with the help of a former Buffalo Sabre, but not the one you would expect.

🚨 WILLIAM CARRIER 🚨

The @GoldenKnights lead early in Game 6! #StanleyCup

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— NHL (@NHL) May 30, 2023

Jack Eichel has been a central figure in the Golden Knights Cup pursuit and leads the club in playoff scoring with 18 points, but ex-Sabre William Carrier tallied the game-winner 3:41 into the first period and assisted on Keegan Kolesar’s first-period goal.

Carrier split time between AHL Rochester and the Sabres, playing 41 NHL games in 2016-17 before being claimed in the expansion draft by Vegas in 2017, where he has played 333 games over the last six seasons and scored a career-high 16 goals last season.

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Ex-Files In The Cup Final

Florida

Sam Reinhart – 11 points (7 goals, 4 assists) in 16 games.

Brandon Montour – nine points (6 goals, 3 assists) in 16 games.

Eric Staal – three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in 16 games.

Casey Fitzgerald  – no points in one game.

Vegas

Jack Eichel – 18 points (6 goals, 12 assists) in 17 games.

Brayden McNabb – two points (two assists) in 16 games.

William Carrier – four points  (2 goals, 2 assists)  in 13 games.

BRANDON MONTOUR CANNOT BE STOPPED pic.twitter.com/R2N0LGlyHK

— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) May 3, 2023

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