Capitals will play golden knights in Stanley cup final

Capitals will play golden knights in Stanley cup final

The Washington capitals advanced to Stanley cup final and will play the vegas golden knights.

the 2018 stanley cup finals is the current championship series of the national hockey league (nhl) and the culmination of the 2018 stanley cup playoffs. The series pits the eastern conference champion Washington capitals against the western conference champions vegas against the western conference champions vegas golden knights.

The vegas golden knights have home ice advantages in series. The series began on may28, with the potential seventh game to be held on june 13.

This is the first finals series since 2007 where neither team had previously won the Stanley cup and the third consecutive year in which a western conference team made their finals debut.

On march 26, 2018 , vegas became the first team to make the plyoffs in their inaugural seasons in the league since the Edmonton oilers and Hartford whalers in the season.